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SWA2368 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 800/W · N8563Z

· 1:19Quality 94side-onturned left 29°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −71%). 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
87%
First lockfrom target selected
5.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.24°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.36° / 1.13°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
43.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
21.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.29° / 0.25°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.46° / 1.03°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.55°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.31°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.98°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.66°
Zoom steps
36

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA2368
Registration
N8563Z
Type
Boeing 737NG 800/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
310 kt
Altitude at closest
9,500 ft
Vertical rate
+4,224 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
abc07b

Pass geometry

Max elevation
53.5°
Elevation at start → end
26.3° → 21.1°
Azimuth at start → end
28° NNE → 161° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
91° E
Minimum slant range
3.6 km
Heading at closest
175° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (84°)
Turn
turned left 29°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:19 (79.1 s)
Lock
87%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13i — slower zoom ladder (one rung, 1.5 s)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
39.5 MB · 79.0 s · offset -1.2 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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