Single achievement Common

The Big Apple

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

Part of US Cities Volume 2

Briefing

"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.

This achievement is considered common, 72.9% of eligible pilots have completed this achievement.

Devnato

CPT_Steve95

Al3xan2er

DarkLink661

gorillaglue4

2Cry

Marius1988

CreativeC63

Delta121

Jclavette23

Dave Ryan

Howling Banshee

Dorian05

RuralSquirrel

Thaiflight

MYTECHREVIEW

Majortom

WrexStream

ZandPilooT

Nexus 17

Dancemad

RonMont

Zoubix

Ace Mann

Ramphog

A total of 827 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
23JUN26 0525Z	KORD KLGA	Devnato	Boeing 737-700 B737	-187 ft/m	676 nm	01:37
22JUN26 2036Z	KPHL KLGA	CPT_Steve95	Boeing 737-800 B738	-115 ft/m	154 nm	00:25
21JUN26 1813Z	KRNT KLGA	Al3xan2er	Cessna Citation Sovereign C680	-82 ft/m	2148 nm	04:32
19JUN26 0229Z	KRDU KLGA	DarkLink661	Airbus A320 A320	-165 ft/m	448 nm	01:26
17JUN26 0000Z	KFLL KLGA	gorillaglue4	Boeing 737-800 B738	-94 ft/m	999 nm	02:26
15JUN26 1256Z	KATL KLGA	2Cry	Airbus A320 A320	-145 ft/m	1437 nm	01:48
15JUN26 0029Z	CYYZ KLGA	Marius1988	Boeing 737-800 B738	-85 ft/m	360 nm	00:54
11JUN26 0437Z	KJAX KLGA	CreativeC63	Cessna Citation Sovereign C680	-156 ft/m	755 nm	01:57
10JUN26 0046Z	KBUF KLGA	Delta121	Cessna Citation X C750	-182 ft/m	313 nm	01:11
06JUN26 2246Z	KPWM KLGA	Jclavette23	Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M	-198 ft/m	352 nm	01:06
06JUN26 2206Z	KORD KLGA	Dave Ryan	Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M	-185 ft/m	696 nm	01:38
06JUN26 1535Z	N96 KLGA	Howling Banshee	Cessna Caravan C208	-102 ft/m	195 nm	01:05
05JUN26 0530Z	KBGR KLGA	Dorian05	`BCA` Embraer Phenom 300 E55P	-151 ft/m	374 nm	01:02
04JUN26 1149Z	KLCK KLGA	RuralSquirrel	Honda HA-420 HondaJet HDJT	-50 ft/m	489 nm	01:32
01JUN26 1122Z	KDCA KLGA	Thaiflight	Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M	-46 ft/m	215 nm	00:44
31MAY26 0021Z	CYHZ KLGA	MYTECHREVIEW	Airbus A319 A319	-145 ft/m	642 nm	01:44
30MAY26 0013Z	KORD KLGA	Majortom	Boeing 737-800 B738	-160 ft/m	720 nm	01:49
29MAY26 1357Z	KFLL KLGA	WrexStream	Boeing 777-200LR/F B77L	-105 ft/m	990 nm	02:21
26MAY26 2257Z	KBOS KLGA	ZandPilooT	Boeing 737-600 B736	-191 ft/m	171 nm	00:40
24MAY26 0644Z	KBOS KLGA	Nexus 17	Pilatus PC-21 PC21	-189 ft/m	177 nm	00:34

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