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SWA2274 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 8H4/W · N8630B

· 0:46Quality 93side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −61%). 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
3.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.26° / 0.18°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.80° / 1.32°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
0.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
32.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
15.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.26° / 0.30°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.12° / 1.43°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.84°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.74°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.76°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.88°
Zoom steps
37

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA2274
Registration
N8630B
Type
Boeing 737NG 8H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
290 kt
Altitude at closest
10,100 ft
Vertical rate
+2,496 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
abdc56

Pass geometry

Max elevation
75.6°
Elevation at start → end
60.0° → 31.4°
Azimuth at start → end
338° NNW → 194° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
273° W
Minimum slant range
3.2 km
Heading at closest
185° 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
0:46 (46.2 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
2026-10-16i — lock-first on; shadow silhouette sky-masked
Commit
5610684
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
3.0 MB · 45.0 s · offset 0.2 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
-0.24
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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