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SWA4317 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7H4/W · N463WN · SFO → ?

· 1:13Quality 63lost locknose/tailturned left 67°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −52%). 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
34%
First lockfrom target selected
10.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.52° / 0.91°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
5.52° / 2.91°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
17.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
4.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.45°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.91°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.25°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.62°
Zoom steps
89

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA4317
Registration
N463WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
314 kt
Altitude at closest
10,175 ft
Vertical rate
+3,456 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a5a6c1

Pass geometry

Max elevation
82.6°
Elevation at start → end
18.9° → 36.6°
Azimuth at start → end
331° NNW → 138° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
221° SW
Minimum slant range
3.2 km
Heading at closest
129° SE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (26°)
Turn
turned left 67°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:13 (73.2 s)
Lock
34%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13b — vision pauses during zoom transit
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
36.5 MB · 73.0 s · offset -1.1 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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