<i>Many aircraft equipped with Wi-Fi could easily connect to any number of ground-based weather sources and display it on a mobile device such as an iPad. Regulatory restrictions currently make such devices difficult to approve for inflight use. </i><p>SiriusXM has been broadcasting NEXRAD and other weather information over their satellites for nearly a decade now. And they sell aviation-approved receivers through Garmin and others. Won't this work on a commercial craft? Or would rain fade in the SDARS band (~2.3 GHz) be the issue here?<p><a href="https://www.siriusxm.com/sxmaviation" rel="nofollow">https://www.siriusxm.com/sxmaviation</a>