Josefa Camejo International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Las Piedras (), Venezuela | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 75 ft / 23 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11°46′50″N 70°09′00″W / 11.78056°N 70.15000°W | ||||||||||
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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.
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.
On Monday 5 December 2011, a flight from 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.
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