"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.
| Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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| 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 |