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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
21APR25 2259Z KCLE KLGA Colchix33 Learjet 35 (LJ35) -118 ft/m 486 nm 01:15 View
14APR25 1029Z KFLL KLGA KrAm Airbus A320 (A320) -156 ft/m 1045 nm 02:16 View
12APR25 1718Z KDCA KLGA Róbert Bencsik Boeing 737-800 (B738) -37 ft/m 211 nm 00:40 View
09APR25 2046Z KBOS KLGA Filipe Delgadinho Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 (F35) -98 ft/m 187 nm 00:16 View
08APR25 0207Z KSEA KLGA Daniel Alejandro Cabana Boeing 737-800 (B738) -192 ft/m 2157 nm 04:35 View
06APR25 1834Z KGSP KLGA Ken Armer Airbus A319 (A319) -95 ft/m 590 nm 01:26 View
03APR25 2245Z KBOS KLGA Grant Williams ToLissA320_V1p1p3 Delta -147 ft/m 217 nm 00:41 View
03APR25 2113Z KSLC KLGA Zetina1962 Airbus A350-900 (A359) -148 ft/m 1779 nm 03:28 View
02APR25 1512Z KLDJ KLGA Flying Diggs Socata TBM-850 (TBM8) -108 ft/m 12925 nm 00:12 View
29MAR25 2207Z CYYZ KLGA Joakim Boeing 737-700 (B737) -109 ft/m 388 nm 01:01 View
28MAR25 2249Z KPSM KLGA Andrew Cessna Citation X (C750) -34 ft/m 272 nm 00:51 View
27MAR25 2252Z KCLT KLGA HenSchroed Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-550/700 (CRJ7) -141 ft/m 518 nm 01:30 View
25MAR25 1622Z KCIN KLGA Al Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -123 ft/m 1001 nm 00:44 View
25MAR25 1524Z KPVC KLGA 19mw84 Piper PA-24 Comanche (PA24) -134 ft/m 203 nm 01:42 View
25MAR25 0816Z KMVY KLGA Oz Flyer/Nexus27 Boeing CH-47 Chinook (H47) -88 ft/m 153 nm 01:10 View
22MAR25 2203Z KDEN KLGA Doubleu Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -156 ft/m 1511 nm 03:17 View
19MAR25 2159Z KDCA KLGA Vitor Silva Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -117 ft/m 223 nm 00:35 View
18MAR25 2041Z KDTW KLGA bork Airbus A320 (A320) -197 ft/m 474 nm 01:07 View
16MAR25 2253Z KBOS KLGA Raul Louro Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -91 ft/m 213 nm 01:04 View
11MAR25 1130Z KFMH KLGA Staghound Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -102 ft/m 162 nm 00:50 View