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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.

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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
13DEC25 1748Z KMVY KLGA Jean Marc Steux Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -56 ft/m 210 nm 00:52 View
04DEC25 1851Z KDEN KLGA Maxlew Airbus A321 (A321) -16 ft/m 1445 nm 02:53 View
02DEC25 1743Z KISO KLGA ET3CH_305 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -131 ft/m 418 nm 01:03 View
02DEC25 1459Z KSLC KLGA VAF114 Pierluigi Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -65 ft/m 1806 nm 03:48 View
28NOV25 1357Z KMVY KLGA Wakkie Pilatus PC-24 (PC24) -161 ft/m 157 nm 00:40 View
27NOV25 1911Z KORD KLGA Znorman Airbus A320 (A320) -185 ft/m 700 nm 01:37 View
26NOV25 2055Z KBNA KLGA Pbrad74 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -188 ft/m 732 nm 01:37 View
23NOV25 2317Z TXKF KLGA Cactus1549 Airbus A321 (A321) -64 ft/m 842 nm 02:25 View
23NOV25 1510Z KBOS KLGA Hugbald Beechcraft Duchess (BE76) -17 ft/m 162 nm 01:21 View
20NOV25 2205Z KDTW KLGA Brad Zimmer Airbus A321 (A321) -153 ft/m 499 nm 01:18 View
19NOV25 0311Z KCLE KLGA BDub Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -181 ft/m 467 nm 01:12 View
17NOV25 2204Z KRDU KLGA Kdbagby1 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -153 ft/m 394 nm 01:04 View
15NOV25 2155Z KIAD KLGA Justjohn12345 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -86 ft/m 267 nm 00:45 View
15NOV25 1314Z KBOS KLGA Goldrake Aerosoft DHC-6 -65 ft/m 211 nm 01:07 View
12NOV25 2122Z KBOS KLGA Bbi Beechcraft 36 Bonanza (turbine) (B36T) -128 ft/m 171 nm 01:03 View
10NOV25 0141Z CYOW KLGA Rjdavis09 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -190 ft/m 348 nm 01:17 View
10NOV25 0134Z CYOW KLGA Nico_61121 Airbus A320 (A320) -76 ft/m 339 nm 01:03 View
10NOV25 0132Z CYOW KLGA KipOnTheGround Airbus A320 (A320) -149 ft/m 337 nm 01:02 View
10NOV25 0122Z CYOW KLGA Boblaben Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -189 ft/m 361 nm 01:00 View
08NOV25 1739Z KBOS KLGA Dbrito Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -88 ft/m 192 nm 00:39 View