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Josefa Camejo International Airport
IATA: LSP ICAO: SVJC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Punto Fijo
Location	Los Taques Municipality, Venezuela
Elevation AMSL	92 ft / 28 m
Coordinates	11°46′50″N 70°09′00″W / 11.78056°N 70.15000°W / 11.78056; -70.15000
Map
LSPLocation of airport in Venezuela
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 2,800 9,186 Asphalt
Sources: GCM Google Maps

Josefa Camejo International Airport (IATA: LSP, ICAO: SVJC), is an airport serving the Paraguaná Peninsula in Venezuela. The airport is named in honor of Josefa Camejo, a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.

On May 22, 2018, Aruba Airlines inaugurated what, according to Travel and Leisure Magazine was the world's shortest international flight. linking the airport with Aruba Airline's hub in Oranjestad, a flight that lasted approximately eight minutes each way.

Facilities

Runway length does not include a 500 metres (1,600 ft) paved overrun on the east end. The Paraguana non-directional beacon (Ident: PRG) and VOR-DME (Ident: PRG) are located on the field.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

• On 5 December 2011, a flight to Aruba by the company Tiara Air departing from Josefa Camejo International Airport was on the runway going at full speed to depart when a donkey appeared on the runway. The aircraft, a Shorts 360, hit the donkey with the right main gear; the pilots kept climbing and continued the flight to Aruba for an emergency landing, which was performed safely with no injury on board.

See also

• Transport in Venezuela
• List of airports in Venezuela

References

1. Airport information for Josefa Camejo International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
2. Google Maps - Paraguana
3. Josefa Camejo Spanish
4. "The World's Shortest International Flight Lasts Only 8 Minutes".
5. PRG NDB
6. PRG VOR
7. ^ "Avior and Albatros enable flights from Falcón to Curaçao". En.ultimasnoticias.com.ve. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
8. "Avior Airlines abre una nueva ruta desde y hacia el estado Falcón". Eluniversal.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2022.
9. Accident history for LSP at Aviation Safety Network

External links

• OurAirports - Paraguana
• SkyVector - Paraguana
• OpenStreetMap - Paraguana

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