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SWA2502 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7H4/W · N967WN

· 0:51Quality 64side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −64%). Download

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
Lock

Events

Tracking metrics

How well the camera kept the aircraft centred. Tap a metric for what it means and what good looks like.

Lockshare of the pass
54%
First lockfrom target selected
4.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.83° / 0.93°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.78° / 2.44°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
11.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
31.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
3.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.09° / 0.11°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.24° / 0.30°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.00°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.64°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.76°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.73°
Zoom steps
65

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA2502
Registration
N967WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
318 kt
Altitude at closest
10,025 ft
Vertical rate
+576 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ad7828

Pass geometry

Max elevation
68.8°
Elevation at start → end
68.6° → 22.3°
Azimuth at start → end
290° WNW → 199° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
283° WNW
Minimum slant range
3.3 km
Heading at closest
192° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (8°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:51 (50.6 s)
Lock
54%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-12i — focus jumps only to trusted tele points; rate-steered setpoint; bias learned only when still
Commit
68739f5+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
23.1 MB · 49.0 s · offset -1.6 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
rateFloorDegPerDps
2.5
rateFloorMaxDeg
12
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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