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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
15DEC24 2249Z CYYZ KLGA VAF253 Giuseppe Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -184 ft/m 340 nm 01:01 View
15DEC24 2024Z KMVY KLGA Danny Horne Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -65 ft/m 156 nm 00:50 View
06DEC24 2115Z CYYZ KLGA Ottakringer EMBRAER 175 (long wing) (E75L) -141 ft/m 343 nm 00:56 View
25NOV24 0605Z CYUL KLGA Caylen Knowles Boeing 737-800 (B738) -188 ft/m 328 nm 00:58 View
22NOV24 1531Z KPIT KLGA IKOSAEDER Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -95 ft/m 347 nm 00:58 View
16NOV24 0753Z KMVY KLGA Scotty Clifford Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -10 ft/m 179 nm 00:49 View
13NOV24 1800Z KATL KLGA TheDeltaFlyer FenixA321 CFM SL Delta A -195 ft/m 761 nm 01:47 View
09NOV24 0444Z KMEM KLGA Liondrummer96 Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -57 ft/m 987 nm 02:44 View
06NOV24 1125Z KBOS KLGA Lars CIVA022 Transall C-160 (C160) -185 ft/m 185 nm 00:45 View
05NOV24 1348Z KALB KLGA Dean Myles Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -180 ft/m 152 nm 00:31 View
05NOV24 0620Z KITH KLGA gamerx287 Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) -99 ft/m 219 nm 00:47 View
05NOV24 0030Z KJST KLGA Rust Ashtroth MiltechSimulations CH47D -148 ft/m 248 nm 01:28 View
03NOV24 2157Z CYUL KLGA IronWings68 ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) -184 ft/m 326 nm 01:23 View
29OCT24 1258Z KBOS KLGA Justin Worden Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-550/700 (CRJ7) -98 ft/m 193 nm 00:39 View
27OCT24 1259Z KCLT KLGA ACACIO 1970 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -148 ft/m 1065 nm 02:31 View
26OCT24 1622Z BGGH KLGA Francis Panouille Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -198 ft/m 1833 nm 04:38 View
26OCT24 1605Z KDTW KLGA TheItzAidan Boeing 737-900 (B739) -119 ft/m 467 nm 01:07 View
25OCT24 1841Z KJAX KLGA Константин Перевощиков Boeing 737-700 (B737) -119 ft/m 768 nm 01:59 View
25OCT24 1714Z KRVL KLGA PAPA974 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -183 ft/m 234 nm 00:44 View
25OCT24 0837Z KCLE KLGA VAF155 Alberto Boeing 737-700 (B737) -67 ft/m 395 nm 00:44 View