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SWA4043 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 800/W · N8525S · SFO → ?

· 0:30Quality 82quartering

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
66%
First lockfrom target selected
10.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.14° / 0.29°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.30° / 2.71°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
9.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
10.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.12° / 0.11°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.51° / 0.38°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.44°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.40°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.58°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.29°
Zoom steps
38

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA4043
Registration
N8525S
Type
Boeing 737NG 800/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
277 kt
Altitude at closest
9,475 ft
Vertical rate
+3,648 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
abb1de

Pass geometry

Max elevation
27.2°
Elevation at start → end
27.2° → 19.5°
Azimuth at start → end
226° SW → 204° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
226° SW
Minimum slant range
6.4 km
Heading at closest
183° S
Aspect at closest
quartering (42°)
Turn
straight (7°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:30 (29.5 s)
Lock
66%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15o — sun keep-out by the frame; no video, no pass
Commit
cb31ea0
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
13.9 MB · 27.8 s · offset -0.7 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

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License