Single achievement

White Oak

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

Part of US Cities Volume 2

Briefing

The city of Albuquerque was founded in 1706 as a Spanish colonial outpost. It was named after the viceroy of Mexico at the time, the Duque de Alburquerque; the first was eventually lost due to confusion with Portuguese general Alfonso d'Albuquerque. Eventually, it doesn't matter, though, because both names come from a town on the border of Portugal and Spain called Alburquerque. That means "white oak". The city was an outpost on El Camino Real linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain.

The city is flanked by the Sandia Mountains to the east and the West Mesa to the west, with the Rio Grande and bosque flowing from north-to-south. The city is a hub for technology and media companies, historic landmarks, University of New Mexico, also a diverse restaurant scene including New Mexican cuisine.

The city hosts the International Balloon Fiesta, the world's largest gathering of hot-air balloons, taking place every October at Balloon Fiesta Park, with its 47-acre launch field. Another large venue is Expo New Mexico, where other annual events are held, such as North America's largest pow wow at the Gathering of Nations, as well as the New Mexico State Fair.

Sandia Peak Ski Area, adjacent to Albuquerque, provides both winter and summer recreation in the Sandia Mountains. It features Sandia Peak Tramway, the world's second-longest passenger aerial tramway, and the longest in the Americas. It stretches from the northeast edge of the city to Sandia Peak, the summit of the ski resort, and has the world's third-longest single span. Elevation at the summit is roughly 10,300 ft (3,100 m) above sea level.

Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at KABQ, your flight distance must be further than 120 NM.

Jeka28

Howling Banshee

Marv Murchins

Predition

DaStinger

VictorEchoDelta

JoshDel99

Rick Pierce

TheCaptainPebble

Laserob

BlueKnight

Majortom

Jokke900

Plane_Junkie-NRT165

IMILLER95

Themsmyshoes

Dwolf

Geo Scully

Ramphog

krdnl

Odjitt

PJAROS70

Jean Marc Steux

Zoubix

Capt Yalen

A total of 825 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
13SEP26 1617Z	KDEN KABQ	Jeka28	Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M	-268 ft/m	317 nm	00:49
10SEP26 1632Z	KDEN KABQ	Howling Banshee	Boeing 737-800 B738	-168 ft/m	317 nm	00:49
09SEP26 1525Z	KPCW KABQ	Marv Murchins	`KAA` Embraer Phenom 300 E55P	-388 ft/m	1227 nm	03:03
07SEP26 1949Z	KOMA KABQ	Predition	Cessna Citation X C750	-421 ft/m	659 nm	01:33
07SEP26 1219Z	KIAH KABQ	DaStinger	Airbus A320 A320	-196 ft/m	708 nm	01:49
07SEP26 0759Z	KDFW KABQ	VictorEchoDelta	Boeing 707-300 B703	-88 ft/m	620 nm	01:32
29AUG26 2209Z	KLAS KABQ	JoshDel99	Cessna Citation Sovereign C680	-325 ft/m	460 nm	01:20
29AUG26 0052Z	KAUS KABQ	Rick Pierce	`ASV` Boeing 737-700 B737	-268 ft/m	780 nm	01:55
28AUG26 0217Z	KMEM KABQ	TheCaptainPebble	McDonnell Douglas MD-11 MD11	-208 ft/m	935 nm	02:09
26AUG26 1410Z	KCOS KABQ	Laserob	Airbus A220-300 BCS3	-267 ft/m	291 nm	00:54
22AUG26 1943Z	KDFW KABQ	BlueKnight	Airbus A320 neo A20N	-244 ft/m	527 nm	01:31
17AUG26 0300Z	KFMN KABQ	Majortom	Boeing 737-800 B738	-215 ft/m	262 nm	00:44
16AUG26 2105Z	KLAX KABQ	Jokke900	Boeing 737-800 B738	-220 ft/m	623 nm	01:23
16AUG26 0315Z	KDFW KABQ	Plane_Junkie-NRT165	Airbus A300-600R A306	-105 ft/m	510 nm	01:14
15AUG26 0335Z	KATL KABQ	IMILLER95	McDonnell Douglas MD-88 MD88	-284 ft/m	1252 nm	03:04
13AUG26 0543Z	KVNY KABQ	Themsmyshoes	Boeing 777-200LR/F B77L	-189 ft/m	628 nm	01:32
13AUG26 0230Z	KIWA KABQ	Dwolf	Boeing 737-800 B738	-230 ft/m	342 nm	00:58
12AUG26 0136Z	KFMN KABQ	Geo Scully	Cessna 700 Citation Longitude C700	-23 ft/m	142 nm	00:24
06AUG26 0735Z	KLAS KABQ	Ramphog	Airbus A319 A319	-445 ft/m	523 nm	01:06
31JUL26 2024Z	KALM KABQ	krdnl	Beechcraft 36 Bonanza (turbine) B36T	-117 ft/m	140 nm	00:44

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