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, 69.7% of eligible pilots have completed this achievement.

Zaarrd

Captain Cocktail

Kramden

JoshDel99

Xarius

MFDC3

Sammyyy

CptjohnCLE

CREEPUR

NicoB

Teh_spartan

Jeka28

PitchTrimSimulations

Robert Grant

MasterSwift

David Rendon

Diggler

Ancient Yeti

Ucom04

Thelofiboy

Slimjim605

Andreas Simmers

Kaharia

Jdog99

Themsmyshoes

A total of 882 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
22OCT26 0333Z	KNBC KLGA	Zaarrd	Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 C25C	-83 ft/m	601 nm	02:22
22OCT26 0329Z	KNBC KLGA	Captain Cocktail	Supermarine Spitfire SPIT	-25 ft/m	638 nm	01:53
21OCT26 0345Z	SAEZ KLGA	Kramden	Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner B788	-153 ft/m	5120 nm	10:47
17OCT26 2002Z	KBWI KLGA	JoshDel99	Cessna Citation Sovereign C680	-170 ft/m	180 nm	00:44
17OCT26 0027Z	KPIT KLGA	Xarius	Embraer 195 E195	-141 ft/m	337 nm	00:49
09OCT26 0618Z	KBOS KLGA	MFDC3	Boeing 737-700 B737	-144 ft/m	238 nm	00:48
06OCT26 0416Z	KDFW KLGA	Sammyyy	Airbus A321 A321	-164 ft/m	1296 nm	02:44
05OCT26 1323Z	KCLE KLGA	CptjohnCLE	Airbus A320 A320	-194 ft/m	449 nm	01:08
26SEP26 1408Z	KGVQ KLGA	CREEPUR	Cessna Citation X C750	-103 ft/m	345 nm	01:01
23SEP26 1528Z	KROC KLGA	NicoB	Piper Navajo PA31	-105 ft/m	234 nm	01:24
19SEP26 0132Z	KDCA KLGA	Teh_spartan	Airbus A321 A321	-177 ft/m	219 nm	00:44
18SEP26 1731Z	KMHT KLGA	Jeka28	Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 F35	-69 ft/m	179 nm	00:23
15SEP26 1718Z	KMDW KLGA	PitchTrimSimulations	Boeing 737-700 B737	-118 ft/m	646 nm	01:30
14SEP26 0319Z	KRSW KLGA	Robert Grant	Boeing 737-800 B738	-182 ft/m	1032 nm	02:27
09SEP26 2218Z	KATL KLGA	MasterSwift	Airbus A330-900 A339	-86 ft/m	702 nm	01:45
09SEP26 0050Z	CYUL KLGA	David Rendon	Airbus A320 A320	-109 ft/m	298 nm	00:51
08SEP26 2122Z	KSYR KLGA	Diggler	Supermarine Spitfire SPIT	-50 ft/m	183 nm	00:40
02SEP26 0614Z	KBNA KLGA	Ancient Yeti	Airbus A321 A321	-153 ft/m	793 nm	01:54
02SEP26 0554Z	KDCA KLGA	Ucom04	Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M	-156 ft/m	211 nm	00:39
30AUG26 1212Z	KDCA KLGA	Thelofiboy	Embraer ERJ-135 E135	-153 ft/m	229 nm	01:39

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