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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
05JAN26 1442Z KATL KLGA Realnapst3r Airbus A320 (A320) -15 ft/m 714 nm 01:58 View
03JAN26 2235Z KATL KLGA Pandie Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -145 ft/m 704 nm 01:36 View
03JAN26 0311Z KGSO KLGA Reppoh83 Piper Malibu Meridian (P46T) -48 ft/m 450 nm 01:55 View
02JAN26 1437Z KRAP KLGA John Galt Boeing 737-800 (B738) -185 ft/m 1381 nm 02:43 View
31DEC25 0533Z KSTL KLGA John G676 Learjet 35 (LJ35) -44 ft/m 810 nm 01:56 View
30DEC25 2321Z KSYR KLGA David Criollo Vanegas de Havilland Dash 8-400 (DH8D) -183 ft/m 352 nm 01:05 View
30DEC25 0624Z KDTW KLGA Arctyc Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -102 ft/m 479 nm 01:25 View
30DEC25 0431Z KSYR KLGA Sawyer R McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (MD88) -142 ft/m 249 nm 00:50 View
28DEC25 1606Z KBOS KLGA Kantapong Banlengrom Airbus A300-600R (A306) -145 ft/m 172 nm 00:32 View
28DEC25 1552Z KBOS KLGA Sitthichai Senakham Boeing 737-800 (B738) -52 ft/m 186 nm 00:34 View
28DEC25 0539Z KBOS KLGA Boozysheep Airbus A319 (A319) -166 ft/m 260 nm 00:54 View
27DEC25 1122Z KDCA KLGA Denthibbe Bombardier Challenger 650 (CL60) -143 ft/m 211 nm 00:40 View
27DEC25 0734Z KORD KLGA Black__Rifle Boeing 737-800 (B738) -109 ft/m 649 nm 01:27 View
25DEC25 0227Z KIAD KLGA Tyler3 Embraer ERJ 175 (E75S) -171 ft/m 241 nm 00:49 View
24DEC25 2146Z KDCA KLGA Tomek Cirrus SR-22 (SR22) -180 ft/m 206 nm 01:16 View
24DEC25 1815Z CYYZ KLGA GOLDBERGK Embraer 170/175 (E170) -44 ft/m 396 nm 00:58 View
24DEC25 1724Z KBOS KLGA GiuseppeIIM302 Beech 58TC/Pressurized Baron (B58T) -126 ft/m 183 nm 01:03 View
23DEC25 1854Z KATL KLGA the abyss hunt Boeing 767-200 (B762) -12 ft/m 814 nm 02:20 View
23DEC25 0022Z KCAE KLGA Shaunm049 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -141 ft/m 628 nm 01:30 View
22DEC25 1803Z CYHZ KLGA Albin Karjalainen Boeing 737-800 (B738) -182 ft/m 591 nm 01:37 View