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ASA1403 Alaska

Boeing 737MAX 9 · N919AK · AUS → SFO

· 1:42Quality 90side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −75%). 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
92%
First lockfrom target selected
5.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.13° / 0.13°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.41° / 0.35°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
83.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.22° / 0.19°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.50° / 1.24°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
6.80°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.26°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.78°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.59°
Zoom steps
20

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA1403
Registration
N919AK
Type
Boeing 737MAX 9
Airline
Alaska
From
AUS · Austin
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
299 kt
Altitude at closest
11,450 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
acb824

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.1°
Elevation at start → end
22.5° → 26.8°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 133° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (13°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:42 (101.7 s)
Lock
92%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15p — selection hysteresis; auto-cal drops stale bias
Commit
b8aa462
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
49.7 MB · 99.8 s · offset -1.6 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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