Philadelphia-Boston flight AA1439: Takeoff, New York City, New Haven, Providence, landing 2023-09-27
Annotated Philadelphia-to-Boston flight on an American Airlines neo 321. From takeoff & climb over the Delaware River; cruising above sunny Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens, with view of Manhattan landmarks; followed by Long Island Sound, coastal Connecticut--Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, New Haven; before commencing descent over Providence, Rhode Island, and Attleboro, Massachusetts, for a straight-in landing at sunny Boston Logan Airport.
0:01-0:18 Aircraft cabin
0:18-1:25 List of trip landmarks to come & pre-takeoff safety announcement
1:25-2:18 Safety announcement continued
2:35-6:50 Taxiing to departure runway 9R
6:50-7:15 Takeoff run on 9R
7:55 Interstate 95 Pennsylvania
8:20 Center City Philadelphia
9:10 Crossing Delaware River from Pennsylvania to New Jersey
9:40 Climbing through 5000’ over Audubon, New Jersey
10:00 Interstate 295 New Jersey
10:10 Interstate 95 New Jersey Turnpike
10:25 Cherry Hill, New Jersey
11:00 Climbing through 10,000’ Above Sea Level
12:55 Left turn to 045 degrees northeasterly heading for Boston
14:05 Climbing through 15,000’ Above Sea Level
16:00 Climbing through Flight Level (FL) 200
16:40 Cruising at FL230
16:50 Interstate 278 Goethals Bridge, Arthur Kill Strait
17:21 New Springville, Staten Island, New York NY
17:33 Mid Island, Staten Island
17:40 Latest New York (LGA) weather conditions (METAR)
17:54 Verrazzano Narrows Bridge; Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York NY
18:10 Floyd Bennett Field (aviation museum), Brooklyn, New York NY
18:25 Cockpit flight progress announcement
18:30 Ellis Island; Statue of Liberty; Manhattan, New York NY
18:35 Jersey City, New Jersey
18:36 1 World Trade Center
18:45 East River, New York NY
19:10 Lower East Side
19:15 East Village
19:18 Midtown Manhattan
19:20 Central Park, New York NY
19:26 LaGuardia Airport, New York NY
19:37 George Washington Bridge, Interstate 95
19:40 Whitestone Bridge, Interstate 678, New York NY
19:50 Throgs Neck Bridge, New York NY
19:55 Flushing, Queens, New York NY
20:00 City Island, The Bronx, New York NY
20:08 Great Neck, Long Island NY
20:20 Cow Neck, Long Island NY
20:35 Long Island Sound
20:40 Hudson River
20:58 Westchester County Airport, White Plains NY
21:05 Port Chester NY
21:10 New York - Connecticut state line
21:25 Greenwich, Connecticut
21:35 Greenwich Point Park
21:55 Stamford, Connecticut
22:15 Holly Pond, Darien CT
22:25 Darien CT
23:00 Norwalk CT
24:10 Bridgeport CT
24:47 Sikorsky Memorial Airport, Stratford CT
25:05 Stratford CT
25:25 Housatonic River
25:30 Route 15 - Merritt Parkway CT
25:40 Shelton CT
25:45 Derby CT
26:10 Home of Yale university, New Haven CT
26:26 Mill River, Quinnipiac River CT
26:50 Interstate 91 CT (To Hartford, Massachusetts, Quebec)
27:07 Wallingford CT
27:32 Lake Quonnipaug, Guilford CT
27:58 Beginning descent from FL230 for Boston
29:02 Baltic CT
29:29 Shetucket River CT
30:15 Plainfield CT
30:30 Interstate 395 CT (To Auburn, Massachusetts)
31:05 Connecticut - Rhode Island state line
31:30 Kent County, Rhode Island
31:40 Route 102 Rhode Island
33:43 Sockanosset, Cranston RI
33:53 Interstate 295 Providence Beltway RI
34:20 Descending through 10,000’
34:42 Interstate 95, Providence RI
34:50 Providence, Rhode Island
35:07 Interstate 195 RI & MA to Cape Cod
35:25 Rhode Island - Massachusetts state line (first crossing)
35:33 Seekonk, Bristol County, Massachusetts
36:30 Rumford Historic District, East Providence RI
36:35 Pawtucket RI
37:15 Rhode Island - Massachusetts state line (second crossing)
37:50 Attleboro MA
38:22 Greenwood Lake, Bristol County MA
38:40 Interstate 495 at MA Route 140 (Outer Beltway, Boston)
38:50 Massachusetts Route 140 near Mansfield MA
39:05 Mansfield MA
39:40 Descending through 5,000’ on final approach to Boston Logan runway 4R
40:25 Lake Massapoag, Sharon MA
40:50 Latest Boston Logan weather conditions (METAR)
41:15 Cobb’s Corner Shopping Center, Stoughton MA
41:30 Canton, Greater Boston MA
41:50 Reservoir Pond, Canton MA
42:35 Interstate 95 (Boston inner west ring road - to Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
43:10 Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, Quincy, Braintree, Canton, Randolph, Dedham of Greater Boston
43:22 Wollaston Golf Club
43:53 Turner’s Point
44:18 Milton Village, Neponset River
44:38 Adams Village, Boston MA
45:02 US1 Southeast Expressway, Boston
45:05 Rainbow Swash, National Grid Energy
45:23 Boston University
45:30 Prudential Center, Boston MA
45:35 Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA
45:50 Carson Beach, Boston MA
45:55 South Boston
46:00 Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
46:16 Raymond L. Flynn Black Falcon Cruise Terminal
46:20 South Boston Waterfront
46:35 Boston Harbor
46:55 Touchdown on BOS runway 4R