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SWA1265 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7CT/W · N566WN

· 1:31Quality 85side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −44%). 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
93%
First lockfrom target selected
4.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.16° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.41° / 0.26°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
81.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.20° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.17° / 0.82°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.73°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.66°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.82°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.98°
Zoom steps
14

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA1265
Registration
N566WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7CT/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
298 kt
Altitude at closest
10,975 ft
Vertical rate
+1,280 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a73f35

Pass geometry

Max elevation
36.2°
Elevation at start → end
19.2° → 21.4°
Azimuth at start → end
333° NNW → 217° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
275° W
Minimum slant range
5.7 km
Heading at closest
187° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:31 (91.2 s)
Lock
93%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16h — lock-first association on (A/B −40% tele gaps)
Commit
dfc3684
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
45.5 MB · 91.0 s · offset -0.8 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
-0.06
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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