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SWA2711 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737-8 · N8855Q · SFO → ?

· 1:28Quality 86side-onDead-zone wrap

3D replay

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
67%
First lockfrom target selected
6.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.71° / 0.33°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.75° / 1.19°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
6.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
8.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
15.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.72° / 0.21°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.98° / 1.06°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.3
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.90°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.47°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.63°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.66°
Zoom steps
74

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA2711
Registration
N8855Q
Type
Boeing 737-8
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
300 kt
Altitude at closest
8,900 ft
Vertical rate
+3,008 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ac337e

Pass geometry

Max elevation
37.8°
Elevation at start → end
18.9° → 19.9°
Azimuth at start → end
333° NNW → 209° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
268° W
Minimum slant range
4.4 km
Heading at closest
187° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (81°)
Turn
straight (7°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:28 (87.9 s)
Lock
67%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14d — park, zoom guard v2, visionMiss log
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
44.0 MB · 88.0 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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