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SWA3154 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7H4/W · N221WN · SJC → LGB

· 1:23Quality 89side-onturned left 39°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −75%). Download

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
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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
73%
First lockfrom target selected
8.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.67° / 0.30°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.64° / 1.23°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
9.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.26° / 0.23°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.06° / 1.31°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.78°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.51°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.11°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.68°
Zoom steps
55

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA3154
Registration
N221WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
SJC · San Jose
To
LGB · Long Beach
Ground speed
372 kt
Altitude at closest
12,700 ft
Vertical rate
+4,160 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a1e6b9

Pass geometry

Max elevation
46.3°
Elevation at start → end
24.2° → 28.6°
Azimuth at start → end
345° NNW → 200° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
277° W
Minimum slant range
5.3 km
Heading at closest
194° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (83°)
Turn
turned left 39°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:23 (83.1 s)
Lock
73%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14e — feedforward in head axes
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
41.5 MB · 83.0 s · offset -1.3 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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