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ASA1403 Alaska

Boeing 737MAX 9 · N919AK · SFO → ?

· 0:17Quality 4no planelost locklow zoomquarteringturned left 26°

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
13.6°
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
0.74°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.00°
Zoom steps
18

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA1403
Registration
N919AK
Type
Boeing 737MAX 9
Airline
Alaska
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
189 kt
Altitude at closest
1,075 ft
Vertical rate
+2,176 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
acb824

Pass geometry

Max elevation
5.9°
Elevation at start → end
1.9° → 5.9°
Azimuth at start → end
120° ESE → 128° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
128° SE
Minimum slant range
3.3 km
Heading at closest
271° W
Aspect at closest
quartering (37°)
Turn
turned left 26°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:17 (16.5 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
2026-10-15p — selection hysteresis; auto-cal drops stale bias
Commit
b8aa462
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
8.5 MB · 17.0 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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