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SWA4947 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7H4/W · N212WN

· 2:16Quality 83soft focusside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −72%). 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
96%
First lockfrom target selected
5.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.11° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.27°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
92.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
122.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.16° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.08° / 1.33°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.90°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.47°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.71°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.95°
Zoom steps
19

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA4947
Registration
N212WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
297 kt
Altitude at closest
10,875 ft
Vertical rate
+2,304 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a1c2f1

Pass geometry

Max elevation
41.1°
Elevation at start → end
18.6° → 13.9°
Azimuth at start → end
336° NNW → 201° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
273° W
Minimum slant range
5.1 km
Heading at closest
187° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (86°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:16 (136.1 s)
Lock
96%

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
15.3 MB · 136.0 s · offset -1.0 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
-0.19
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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