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SWA2297 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7H4/W · N968WN

· 1:10Quality 76nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −64%). 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
61%
First lockfrom target selected
5.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.28° / 0.61°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.36° / 2.15°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
5.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
10.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.17° / 0.42°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.56° / 1.38°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.84°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.06°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.14°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.18°
Zoom steps
55

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA2297
Registration
N968WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
353 kt
Altitude at closest
11,600 ft
Vertical rate
+3,520 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ad7bdf

Pass geometry

Max elevation
86.9°
Elevation at start → end
19.9° → 44.0°
Azimuth at start → end
357° N → 173° S
Closest-approach azimuth
85° E
Minimum slant range
3.6 km
Heading at closest
176° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (12°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:10 (69.9 s)
Lock
61%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14b — steady overhead park, zoom travel guard
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
35.0 MB · 70.0 s · offset -1.7 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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