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
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