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SWA3207 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7H4/W · N943WN · OAK → BUR

· 0:51Quality 64side-onOverhead

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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
51%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.50° / 1.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.26° / 3.13°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
29.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
31.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
3.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.00° / 0.00°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.00° / 0.00°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.70°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.13°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.41°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.30°
Zoom steps
46

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA3207
Registration
N943WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
OAK · Oakland
To
BUR · Burbank
Ground speed
341 kt
Altitude at closest
10,525 ft
Vertical rate
+2,048 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ad1a4e

Pass geometry

Max elevation
75.4°
Elevation at start → end
51.4° → 28.2°
Azimuth at start → end
350° N → 197° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
278° W
Minimum slant range
3.3 km
Heading at closest
190° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
Yes — camera flipped over the top
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:51 (50.7 s)
Lock
51%

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
25.0 MB · 50.0 s · offset -1.0 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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