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ASA1393 Alaska

Boeing 737NG 990ER/W · N481AS · SJD → SFO

· 1:15Quality 84side-onturned left 22°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −80%). 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
89%
First lockfrom target selected
8.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.09° / 0.15°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.25° / 0.30°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
60.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.13° / 0.18°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.74° / 0.75°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.59°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.84°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.61°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.31°
Zoom steps
23

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA1393
Registration
N481AS
Type
Boeing 737NG 990ER/W
Airline
Alaska
From
SJD · San José del Cabo
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
285 kt
Altitude at closest
10,200 ft
Vertical rate
-1,472 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a5ec61

Pass geometry

Max elevation
25.7°
Elevation at start → end
17.7° → 23.2°
Azimuth at start → end
327° NNW → 39° NE
Closest-approach azimuth
11° N
Minimum slant range
7.1 km
Heading at closest
108° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (83°)
Turn
turned left 22°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:15 (74.6 s)
Lock
89%

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
8.1 MB · 75.0 s · offset -1.4 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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