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SWA3399 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 800/W · N8568Z · SFO → ?

· 1:25Quality 90side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −59%). 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
76%
First lockfrom target selected
5.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.52° / 0.31°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.53° / 0.82°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
14.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
46.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
26.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.73° / 0.20°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.46° / 0.70°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.02°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.11°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.93°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.03°
Zoom steps
68

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA3399
Registration
N8568Z
Type
Boeing 737NG 800/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
305 kt
Altitude at closest
8,300 ft
Vertical rate
+3,200 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
abc12a

Pass geometry

Max elevation
35.8°
Elevation at start → end
19.2° → 19.6°
Azimuth at start → end
329° NNW → 210° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
272° W
Minimum slant range
4.4 km
Heading at closest
187° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
straight (9°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:25 (84.6 s)
Lock
76%

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
40.0 MB · 81.4 s · offset -1.9 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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