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SWA3621 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737 MAX 8 · N9034R · SFO → ?

· 0:13Quality 4no planeshortlost lockside-on

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
0%
First lockfrom target selected
—
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
—
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
—
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
8.3°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
4.23°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.00°
Zoom steps
16

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA3621
Registration
N9034R
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 8
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
286 kt
Altitude at closest
6,575 ft
Vertical rate
+1,472 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ac7d45

Pass geometry

Max elevation
15.0°
Elevation at start → end
15.0° → 14.1°
Azimuth at start → end
307° NW → 294° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
307° NW
Minimum slant range
7.8 km
Heading at closest
242° WSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (65°)
Turn
straight (8°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:13 (13.2 s)
Lock
0%

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
6.5 MB · 13.0 s · offset -1.2 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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