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ASA269 Alaska

Boeing 737NG 890/W · N516AS · SFO → ANC

· 0:27Quality 59side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −65%). 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
51%
First lockfrom target selected
9.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.17° / 0.08°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.78° / 0.42°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
8.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
9.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.16° / 0.02°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.47° / 0.11°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.67°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.42°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.51°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.48°
Zoom steps
20

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA269
Registration
N516AS
Type
Boeing 737NG 890/W
Airline
Alaska
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
ANC · Anchorage
Ground speed
320 kt
Altitude at closest
12,725 ft
Vertical rate
+2,880 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a677ca

Pass geometry

Max elevation
16.6°
Elevation at start → end
16.6° → 14.9°
Azimuth at start → end
240° WSW → 226° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
240° WSW
Minimum slant range
13.6 km
Heading at closest
181° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (59°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:27 (26.7 s)
Lock
51%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14m — upstream carries fields missing from one poll
Commit
5b2d779
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
13.1 MB · 26.0 s · offset -1.0 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
-0.16
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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