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TAI563 Avianca El Salvador

Airbus A321 252NXSL · N965AV · SFO → SAL

· 0:39Quality 51lost lockwrap pinnedquarteringturned left 53°Dead-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
18%
First lockfrom target selected
19.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
2.27° / 2.27°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.73° / 3.84°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
5.0°
Time to 8°from first lock
16.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
18.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.6 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
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.74°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.79°
Zoom steps
45

Aircraft & route

Flight
TAI563
Registration
N965AV
Type
Airbus A321 252NXSL
Airline
Avianca El Salvador
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
SAL · San Salvador (San Luis Talpa)
Ground speed
312 kt
Altitude at closest
10,875 ft
Vertical rate
+2,880 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ad6ecd

Pass geometry

Max elevation
18.5°
Elevation at start → end
18.5° → 15.1°
Azimuth at start → end
220° SW → 195° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
220° SW
Minimum slant range
10.5 km
Heading at closest
182° S
Aspect at closest
quartering (38°)
Turn
turned left 53°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:39 (39.3 s)
Lock
18%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14i — zoom sigma grows after lock loss (0.1°/s)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
19.5 MB · 39.0 s · offset -1.5 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
maxSpeedStepFwps
0.45
speedReachFrac
0.8
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
sigmaGrowthDps
0.1
aimLeadSec
0.59
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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