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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
24JUL24 0136Z KMIA KLGA Lesco_Jones Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) -197 ft/m 1025 nm 00:37 View
22JUL24 0828Z KMVY KLGA David Embraer 170/175 (E170) -68 ft/m 213 nm 00:44 View
22JUL24 0108Z KFMH KLGA Ryan Anderson Cessna R182 Skylane RG (C82R) -108 ft/m 168 nm 01:14 View
20JUL24 1834Z KMSY KLGA James Meadows Boeing 737-800 (B738) -163 ft/m 1083 nm 02:26 View
17JUL24 0328Z KPVC KLGA Rp Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -57 ft/m 246 nm 01:14 View
16JUL24 1449Z KBNA KLGA Brandon Foster Boeing 737-800 (B738) -157 ft/m 742 nm 01:46 View
14JUL24 1922Z KPHL KLGA Luke Aislabie Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -17 ft/m 154 nm 00:30 View
12JUL24 1449Z KSYR KLGA Jonathan Alo Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-900 (CRJ9) -143 ft/m 253 nm 00:52 View
10JUL24 0147Z KPVD KLGA Grant032 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -115 ft/m 178 nm 00:34 View
06JUL24 1943Z KBTV KLGA Blanche Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -92 ft/m 273 nm 00:45 View
06JUL24 1909Z KPHL KLGA Jazon Cabatu Airbus A320 (A320) -185 ft/m 160 nm 00:38 View
06JUL24 1636Z KBOS KLGA Joshua McCreary Cessna 414 Chancellor (C414) -83 ft/m 175 nm 01:01 View
04JUL24 1500Z KPIT KLGA David Rose Airbus A320 (A320) -176 ft/m 347 nm 00:52 View
03JUL24 1651Z CYHZ KLGA Marcus Olsson Airbus A320 (A320) -132 ft/m 627 nm 01:34 View
27JUN24 1942Z KDTW KLGA Logan Finley Airbus A319 (A319) -100 ft/m 558 nm 01:27 View
26JUN24 1856Z KBOS KLGA Sascha O. Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -161 ft/m 188 nm 00:35 View
26JUN24 1514Z KDCA KLGA Machete Airbus A320 (A320) -181 ft/m 237 nm 00:44 View
22JUN24 1735Z KFLL KLGA Mauricio Campos Airbus A321 neo (A21N) -188 ft/m 986 nm 02:23 View
15JUN24 0018Z KMSY KLGA Gary Waldron Diamond DA-50 (DA50) -148 ft/m 1095 nm 02:37 View
14JUN24 1944Z KDCA KLGA VAF058 Sandro Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -159 ft/m 258 nm 01:03 View