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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
18JUL25 0713Z KHGR KLGA Ruger45 Cessna 408 SkyCourier (C408) -38 ft/m 193 nm 00:54 View
17JUL25 2332Z KIAD KLGA Killraven Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -76 ft/m 356 nm 01:25 View
17JUL25 0610Z KMEM KLGA Lol_Cannonball Boeing 777-200LR/F (B77L) -150 ft/m 975 nm 02:04 View
13JUL25 2027Z KBOS KLGA Bricktop Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -7 ft/m 163 nm 00:32 View
10JUL25 2043Z KGYI KLGA Sillyunknown Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -93 ft/m 1228 nm 02:56 View
05JUL25 2037Z KBWI KLGA Red Cessna Skylane (C182) -112 ft/m 162 nm 01:12 View
04JUL25 2114Z KFLL KLGA Rock0613 [ NRT612] Airbus A321 (A321) -198 ft/m 1087 nm 02:37 View
29JUN25 1649Z KCHS KLGA Austin Robert Boeing 737-800 (B738) -185 ft/m 587 nm 01:29 View
29JUN25 0030Z KIND KLGA Westjet116 Boeing 737-700 (B737) -173 ft/m 632 nm 01:26 View
27JUN25 1536Z KCGS KLGA In4orit Beechcraft 2000 Starship (STAR) -133 ft/m 184 nm 00:45 View
22JUN25 1414Z KMVY KLGA Twotonemurphy Beechcraft 2000 Starship (STAR) -71 ft/m 215 nm 01:03 View
22JUN25 1410Z KMVY KLGA Angel15 Piaggio P.180 Avanti (P180) -89 ft/m 230 nm 00:59 View
17JUN25 2145Z KDEN KLGA Simon Davison Boeing 737-800 (B738) -174 ft/m 1516 nm 04:05 View
11JUN25 1548Z KMYR KLGA Alejandro Airbus A319 (A319) -122 ft/m 536 nm 01:19 View
07JUN25 0442Z KBOS KLGA Tomas Pontetto Airbus A321 (A321) -165 ft/m 172 nm 00:34 View
07JUN25 0442Z KBOS KLGA CPT Jose Collado Boeing 737-800 (B738) -124 ft/m 170 nm 00:34 View
05JUN25 2104Z KBOS KLGA Charliemenem Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (B789) -108 ft/m 246 nm 00:43 View
02JUN25 0017Z CYYZ KLGA Hebert Naranjo Raytheon Hawker 800 (H25B) -105 ft/m 359 nm 00:55 View
31MAY25 0412Z KHEF KLGA Kevin Bombardier Challenger 650 (CL60) -32 ft/m 303 nm 00:56 View
15MAY25 0236Z KMDW KLGA Nathan Boeing 737-800 (B738) -181 ft/m 648 nm 02:39 View