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ASA269 Alaska

Boeing 737NG 890/W · N537AS · SFO → ANC

· 0:23Quality 66side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −66%). 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
51%
First lockfrom target selected
6.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.46° / 0.35°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.29° / 1.14°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
9.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.5 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
2.76°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.99°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.51°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.85°
Zoom steps
25

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA269
Registration
N537AS
Type
Boeing 737NG 890/W
Airline
Alaska
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
ANC · Anchorage
Ground speed
291 kt
Altitude at closest
7,625 ft
Vertical rate
+2,624 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a6ca7f

Pass geometry

Max elevation
29.3°
Elevation at start → end
17.9° → 29.3°
Azimuth at start → end
321° NW → 289° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
289° WNW
Minimum slant range
4.8 km
Heading at closest
181° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (71°)
Turn
straight (7°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:23 (22.7 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
2026-10-13j — full 3.4 deg tele for slow planes (limit only above 0.5 deg/s)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
11.0 MB · 22.0 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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