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The Big Apple

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

"The Big Apple" is a nickname for New York City. It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J. Fitz Gerald, a sportswriter for the New York Morning Telegraph. Its popularity since the 1970s is due in part to a promotional campaign by the New York tourist authorities.

New York is one of the world's most populous megacities. New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, and is a significant influence on commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports. It is the most photographed city in the world.

Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City is composed of five boroughs, each of which is coextensive with a respective county of the state of New York. The five boroughs—Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County), Manhattan (New York County), the Bronx (Bronx County), and Staten Island (Richmond County)—were created when local governments were consolidated into a single municipal entity in 1898.

New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded on the southern tip of Manhattan Island by Dutch colonists in approximately 1624. The settlement was named New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) in 1626 and was chartered as a city in 1653. The city came under English control in 1664 and was renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. The city was regained by the Dutch in July 1673 and was renamed New Orange for one year and three months; the city has been continuously named New York since November 1674. New York City was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the largest U.S. city since.

Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at KLGA, your flight distance must be further than 150 NM. Your landing rate must not exceed 200 f/m.
Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
26OCT25 0029Z KIAD KLGA Therookie92 Airbus A320 (A320) -92 ft/m 300 nm 01:00 View
25OCT25 0650Z KATL KLGA Bigdad1980 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -154 ft/m 756 nm 02:03 View
20OCT25 1342Z KDCA KLGA Evik03 Grumman Albatross (U16) -148 ft/m 208 nm 01:01 View
18OCT25 0512Z KDCA KLGA Martin1977 Embraer 170/175 (E170) -98 ft/m 214 nm 00:39 View
17OCT25 1826Z TXKF KLGA Nuts Lange Boeing 747-400 (B744) -21 ft/m 678 nm 01:40 View
16OCT25 2109Z CYYZ KLGA Jonathan Follett Airbus A321 (A321) -138 ft/m 398 nm 01:02 View
12OCT25 2000Z KMHT KLGA Crash Likely Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -65 ft/m 295 nm 01:20 View
11OCT25 1847Z KRIC KLGA Onyx_gen Diamond DA-50 (DA50) -23 ft/m 262 nm 01:59 View
11OCT25 1847Z KBOS KLGA Texo31 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -125 ft/m 340 nm 01:18 View
10OCT25 2222Z KCLT KLGA Adam Duncan Boeing 737-800 (B738) -41 ft/m 513 nm 01:19 View
09OCT25 1645Z KORD KLGA VAF267 Rosario Boeing 737-800 (B738) -181 ft/m 659 nm 01:33 View
07OCT25 1946Z KAIY KLGA Dino Love Supermarine Spitfire FR -38 ft/m 16220 nm 00:21 View
02OCT25 2144Z KMKE KLGA Philly27 Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -160 ft/m 695 nm 01:40 View
02OCT25 1823Z KDTW KLGA Captain Dingus Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -78 ft/m 452 nm 00:31 View
29SEP25 1917Z KJST KLGA NPS267/Jack Cessna Citation X (C750) -124 ft/m 256 nm 00:50 View
28SEP25 0100Z KROC KLGA Brian Ocque Embraer ERJ-145 (E145) -15 ft/m 1492 nm 00:48 View
27SEP25 0422Z KDCA KLGA JohnnyTheJaw Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -187 ft/m 211 nm 00:36 View
25SEP25 2018Z KBTV KLGA Dabullair Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -71 ft/m 237 nm 00:40 View
22SEP25 1634Z KADW KLGA Kdriver1721 Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -68 ft/m 225 nm 00:51 View
21SEP25 1603Z KILM KLGA Andrea Goldoni2 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -114 ft/m 444 nm 01:11 View