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, 71.0% of eligible pilots have completed this achievement.

PitchTrimSimulations

Robert Grant

MasterSwift

David Rendon

Diggler

Ancient Yeti

Ucom04

Thelofiboy

Slimjim605

Andreas Simmers

Kaharia

Jdog99

Themsmyshoes

Nutdanai P.

Marius2

GrandPa1965

Cargo

VAF620 Max

DextroGamingPR

Martin Muerbe

Akin

Azorean

Mikezz

Laserob

Tupan011

A total of 870 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
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
25AUG26 1947Z	KMDW KLGA	Slimjim605	Boeing 737-700 B737	-153 ft/m	672 nm	01:34
24AUG26 2151Z	KBNA KLGA	Andreas Simmers	Airbus A220-300 BCS3	-188 ft/m	764 nm	02:01
23AUG26 1843Z	CYQM KLGA	Kaharia	Boeing 737-800 B738	-45 ft/m	561 nm	01:36
22AUG26 2134Z	KNTU KLGA	Jdog99	Piaggio P.180 Avanti P180	-175 ft/m	298 nm	00:59
21AUG26 0302Z	KORH KLGA	Themsmyshoes	Beechcraft King Air 90 BE9L	-128 ft/m	178 nm	00:56
17AUG26 0335Z	KPSM KLGA	Nutdanai P.	Cessna 700 Citation Longitude C700	-45 ft/m	274 nm	00:53
16AUG26 1138Z	KTPA KLGA	Marius2	Boeing 737-800 B738	-92 ft/m	944 nm	02:17
16AUG26 0759Z	KBOS KLGA	GrandPa1965	Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 C25C	-83 ft/m	284 nm	00:53
15AUG26 0527Z	KPWM KLGA	Cargo	Airbus A320 A320	-5 ft/m	158 nm	00:21
14AUG26 1810Z	KMVY KLGA	VAF620 Max	Beechcraft 58 Baron BE58	-136 ft/m	173 nm	01:07
14AUG26 1734Z	KCAE KLGA	DextroGamingPR	Airbus A319 A319	-125 ft/m	546 nm	01:25
13AUG26 2206Z	KORD KLGA	Martin Muerbe	Boeing 737-800 B738	-120 ft/m	655 nm	01:28

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