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AAL2072 American Airlines

Boeing 737NG 823/W · N924NN · SFO → ?

· 0:47Quality 3no planelost lockside-onturned left 28°

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
23%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.68° / 1.94°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.05° / 10.00°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
5.0°
Time to 8°from first lock
6.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
8.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
4.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.74°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.88°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.68°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
4.35°
Zoom steps
59

Aircraft & route

Flight
AAL2072
Registration
N924NN
Type
Boeing 737NG 823/W
Airline
American Airlines
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
295 kt
Altitude at closest
10,525 ft
Vertical rate
+1,344 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
acce3f

Pass geometry

Max elevation
33.0°
Elevation at start → end
14.7° → 33.0°
Azimuth at start → end
292° WNW → 253° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
253° WSW
Minimum slant range
5.9 km
Heading at closest
135° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (62°)
Turn
turned left 28°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:47 (46.6 s)
Lock
23%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15q — drive speed latched at the lens position; measured speed bytes only; auto-cal keeps gains
Commit
44f2d6a
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
20.4 MB · 41.0 s · offset -0.9 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
-0.27
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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