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, 72.6% of eligible pilots have completed this achievement.

Ace Mann

Ramphog

VAF263 Stefano

Kinggong

SeanLegoMan

Alfman

Michael17

SpotJulien6931

J_Thananrat

HeavyJet773

Pol531

ShavenWookee

BertiGordon

Loberty123

Fly777

SoldRasoo

Shiro

Matti8u

Neil Castle

Whip

Cptjohnkcle

Skons

semtex

VAF610 Johnny

Lithona

A total of 804 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
18MAY26 1853Z	KTUL KLGA	Ace Mann	Boeing 737-800 B738	-90 ft/m	1136 nm	02:34
17MAY26 1309Z	KLGA KLGA	Ramphog	Cessna 206 Stationair C206	-35 ft/m	198 nm	01:20
16MAY26 2251Z	KTUL KLGA	VAF263 Stefano	Cirrus Vision SF-50 SF50	-12 ft/m	1156 nm	03:36
10MAY26 1752Z	PANC KLGA	Kinggong	Airbus A330-200 A332	-197 ft/m	2958 nm	06:16
06MAY26 2244Z	KPIT KLGA	SeanLegoMan	Boeing 737-600 B736	-200 ft/m	339 nm	00:43
02MAY26 1442Z	KCLT KLGA	Alfman	Cessna 700 Citation Longitude C700	-42 ft/m	530 nm	01:12
02MAY26 0252Z	KMCO KLGA	Michael17	Boeing 737-800 B738	-10 ft/m	938 nm	05:19
30APR26 1717Z	KBTV KLGA	SpotJulien6931	Bombardier Global Express GLEX	-122 ft/m	278 nm	00:56
30APR26 0743Z	KDCA KLGA	J_Thananrat	FlyByWire Edelweiss A320	-145 ft/m	230 nm	00:42
30APR26 0604Z	KBOS KLGA	HeavyJet773	Boeing 737-700 B737	-155 ft/m	228 nm	00:46
25APR26 1926Z	CYHZ KLGA	Pol531	Airbus A320 neo A20N	-111 ft/m	544 nm	01:25
25APR26 0350Z	KBWI KLGA	ShavenWookee	Beech 60 Royal Turbine Duke B60T	-40 ft/m	227 nm	00:53
24APR26 2324Z	KMIA KLGA	BertiGordon	Boeing 737-800 B738	-193 ft/m	1011 nm	02:18
24APR26 1832Z	KATL KLGA	Loberty123	Airbus A321 A321	-160 ft/m	708 nm	01:47
21APR26 2344Z	KCLT KLGA	Fly777	Airbus A320 A320	-184 ft/m	520 nm	01:24
21APR26 2241Z	KDTW KLGA	Anonymous	Airbus A321 A321	-131 ft/m	511 nm	01:16
20APR26 1751Z	KBED KLGA	Shiro	Diamond DA-62 DA62	-111 ft/m	159 nm	01:01
19APR26 2206Z	CYYZ KLGA	Matti8u	Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-900 CRJ9	-175 ft/m	463 nm	01:26
19APR26 2108Z	KRDU KLGA	Neil Castle	Boeing 777-200LR/F B77L	-147 ft/m	376 nm	01:02
19APR26 1845Z	KBOS KLGA	Whip	Airbus A319 A319	-195 ft/m	202 nm	00:47

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