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SWA1864 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7H4/W · N465WN

· 0:38side-onturned left 16°

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
72%
First lockfrom target selected
4.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.31° / 0.38°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.01° / 0.89°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
3.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.35° / 0.22°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.98° / 0.65°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.45°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.59°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.39°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.65°
Zoom steps
32

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA1864
Registration
N465WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
378 kt
Altitude at closest
11,575 ft
Vertical rate
+3,136 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a5ae2f

Pass geometry

Max elevation
36.3°
Elevation at start → end
30.4° → 32.3°
Azimuth at start → end
316° NW → 239° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
280° W
Minimum slant range
6.0 km
Heading at closest
195° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
turned left 16°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:38 (38.2 s)
Lock
72%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13g — debanding (archive s2 + live shader)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
19.0 MB · 38.0 s · offset -0.8 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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