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SWA2115 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 8H4/W · N8674B · SJC → DEN

· 0:25Quality 68clip shortside-on

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
64%
First lockfrom target selected
9.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.71° / 0.62°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
12.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
15.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.13° / 0.12°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.49° / 0.45°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.62°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.33°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
2.31°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.68°
Zoom steps
36

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA2115
Registration
N8674B
Type
Boeing 737NG 8H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
SJC · San Jose
To
DEN · Denver
Ground speed
283 kt
Altitude at closest
10,625 ft
Vertical rate
+2,112 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
abebbe

Pass geometry

Max elevation
82.8°
Elevation at start → end
81.8° → 45.3°
Azimuth at start → end
58° ENE → 168° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
85° E
Minimum slant range
3.3 km
Heading at closest
175° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (63°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:25 (25.0 s)
Lock
64%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16c — mount prior carried to the next target (silhouette reach reverted)
Commit
8649c7d
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
14.1 MB · 15.6 s · offset -0.3 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
-0.1
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