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SWA3190 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7H4/W · N451WN

· 1:09Quality 86side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −78%). 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
76%
First lockfrom target selected
10.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.09° / 0.11°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.26° / 0.30°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
32.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
53.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.17° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.87° / 0.82°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.68°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.65°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.42°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.58°
Zoom steps
37

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA3190
Registration
N451WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
311 kt
Altitude at closest
10,600 ft
Vertical rate
+1,664 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a577d4

Pass geometry

Max elevation
32.7°
Elevation at start → end
32.7° → 14.2°
Azimuth at start → end
232° SW → 184° S
Closest-approach azimuth
232° SW
Minimum slant range
6.0 km
Heading at closest
168° SSE
Aspect at closest
side-on (64°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:09 (69.1 s)
Lock
76%

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
33.2 MB · 67.2 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

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