Single achievement

Mermaid City

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

Part of US Cities Volume 2

Briefing

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The city was incorporated in 1705 and is one of the oldest cities in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, and is considered to be the historic, urban, financial, and cultural center of the region. Norfolk is at the core of the metropolitan area, surrounding the Hampton Roads natural harbor at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. It is one of nine cities and seven counties that constitute the Hampton Roads metro area, officially known as the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA. The city is bordered to the west by the Elizabeth River and to the north by the Chesapeake Bay. It also shares land borders with the independent cities of Chesapeake to its south and Virginia Beach to its east.

As the city is bordered by multiple bodies of water, Norfolk has many miles of riverfront and bayfront property, including beaches on the Chesapeake Bay. The coastal zones are important for the economy. The largest naval base in the world, Naval Station Norfolk, is located in Norfolk along with one of NATO's two Strategic Command headquarters. Additionally Norfolk is an important contributor to the Port of Virginia. It is home to Maersk Line, Limited, which manages the world's largest fleet of US-flag vessels. However, this low-lying coastal infrastructure is also very vulnerable to sea level rise, with water levels expected to rise by more than 5.5 feet by the end of the 21st century. The city has a long history as a strategic military and transportation point, where many railroad lines started. It is linked to its neighbors by an extensive network of interstate highways, bridges, tunnels, and three bridge-tunnel complexes.

Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at KORF, your flight distance must be further than 120 NM.

Buzzluckyear

Bricktop

Laserob

Vendetta4271

JoshDel99

Roman3193

Clement Dostie

Robert Grant

Examined Broom 61

MrSpeaker

Ego

Jeka28

Dwolf

Steve 006

PilotPeanutButter

AndrewICT

mnrunner

Geo Scully

DeadScythe

Ramphog

Obslynnx33

krdnl

Guido

Capt Yalen

Nicksrun75

A total of 533 pilots have completed this achievement, but we're only displaying the most recent, would you like to see the full list?

Date	From To	Pilot	Aircraft	Landing rate	Distance	Flight time
03OCT26 1750Z	KDCA KORF	Buzzluckyear	Boeing 737-800 B738	-532 ft/m	179 nm	00:39
03OCT26 1734Z	KISP KORF	Bricktop	Airbus A220-300 BCS3	-253 ft/m	368 nm	00:55
03OCT26 1255Z	KCHS KORF	Laserob	McDonnell Douglas MD-88 MD88	-164 ft/m	328 nm	00:52
03OCT26 0510Z	KMSY KORF	Vendetta4271	Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M	-231 ft/m	857 nm	02:03
29SEP26 0000Z	KCLT KORF	JoshDel99	Cessna Citation Sovereign C680	-34 ft/m	271 nm	00:50
28SEP26 2016Z	KMSP KORF	Roman3193	Airbus A350-900 A359	-746 ft/m	1069 nm	01:13
23SEP26 1410Z	TXKF KORF	Clement Dostie	Airbus A220-300 BCS3	-373 ft/m	676 nm	01:14
22SEP26 1938Z	KDFW KORF	Robert Grant	Boeing 737-800 B738	-139 ft/m	1091 nm	02:27
20SEP26 2340Z	KRDU KORF	Examined Broom 61	Socata TBM-9X0 TBM9	-84 ft/m	147 nm	00:38
19SEP26 1737Z	CYVR KORF	MrSpeaker	Boeing 777-200LR/F B77L	-184 ft/m	2274 nm	04:51
17SEP26 2342Z	KGRR KORF	Ego	Boeing 737-800 B738	-181 ft/m	589 nm	01:24
15SEP26 1721Z	KCHO KORF	Jeka28	Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 F35	-156 ft/m	146 nm	00:18
11SEP26 2006Z	KCLT KORF	Dwolf	Airbus A319 A319	-388 ft/m	261 nm	00:44
30AUG26 2244Z	KDEN KORF	Steve 006	Boeing 737-900 B739	-578 ft/m	1384 nm	03:05
25AUG26 0422Z	KMCO KORF	PilotPeanutButter	Airbus A220-300 BCS3	-155 ft/m	628 nm	01:33
24AUG26 2030Z	KDCA KORF	AndrewICT	Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-900 CRJ9	-185 ft/m	193 nm	00:35
15AUG26 0223Z	KDEN KORF	mnrunner	Boeing 737-800 B738	-213 ft/m	1409 nm	03:07
10AUG26 2212Z	KORD KORF	Geo Scully	Cessna 700 Citation Longitude C700	-38 ft/m	706 nm	01:31
07AUG26 2301Z	KJFK KORF	DeadScythe	Cessna Citation Sovereign C680	-265 ft/m	263 nm	00:48
06AUG26 1024Z	KMSP KORF	Ramphog	Airbus A319 A319	-648 ft/m	1006 nm	00:57

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