Satellite Datalink Weather and Entertainment

Avidyne leads the industry in datalink-capable multifunction displays and the EX500 and EX5000 MFDs provide the most advanced, and easiest-to-use datalink systems you can get.

Interfacing the MFD with Avidyne’s MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver gives pilots comprehensive, graphical information about weather conditions all across the Continental United States (CONUS).

EX500 DataLink

The NRST Page shows graphical and textual METARs at the destination and surrounding airports, making it easy to monitor weather ahead and select an alternate when needed.

Using the industry-leading WSI InFlight® Weather Service via the SIRIUS® Satellite Network, the EX500 MFD displays critical, real-time information for pilots, including WSI’s exclusive high-resolution NOWrad® radar mosaic, overlaid right on the moving map. The EX500 also displays Storm Track Vectors, Hail Warnings, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, graphical and textual METARs, TAFs, Temperatures and Winds Aloft, TFRs, and Lightning from the United States Precision Lightning Network.

Lightning

EX500 DataLink

WSI InFlight® provides access to lightning data from the United States Precision Lightning Network while operating over the continental United States (CONUS). This provides aircraft owners with the unique capability to configure an aircraft with ground-based lightning detection, airborne lightning detection, or a combination of ground and airborne lightning detection ability.

Graphical METARs

EX500 DataLink

METAR Legend for the EX500 MFD Map (above)

METAR is an Acronym for METeorological Aerodrome Report. It is the primary observation code used in the United States for reporting surface meteorological data. METAR reports include wind, visibility, runway visual range, present weather, sky condition, temperature, dew point, and altimeter setting. In the U.S., METAR reports are taken once an hour between 50 minutes past the hour and the top of the (next) hour. METARs are displayed as a “colored flag” on each reporting METAR station on the EX500 MFD moving map.

AIRMETs and SIGMETs

EX500 DataLink

AIRMET and SIGMET Boundary Legend for the EX500 (above)

AIRMET and SIGMET boundaries are also displayed graphically on the map page. It was not uncommon for a pilot to fly into a active AIRMET or SIGMET simply because the boundaries where difficult to define, but with the EX500, pilots can quickly and easily recognize the boundary lines for each active AIRMET or SIGMENT and avoid potentially dangerous areas of weather.

TFRs

All Special-Use and Class Airspace boundaries are clearly depicted on the map, along with available Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) which are updated as part of WSI InFlight. The EX500’s high-resolution display allows you to easily see and remain clear of restricted airspaces.

EX500 DataLink

The EX500 MFD Map page with broadcast datalink weather, integrated onboard lightning detection and integration onboard color weather radar capability offers pilots a level of weather and airspace situational awareness that has never before been available in general aviation aircraft.

EX500 DataLink

At a glance, the EX500 shows Winds & Temperatures Aloft to help determine the best cruising altitude.

SIRIUS Satellite Radio

With the MLB700, you also have access to over 130 channels of digital-quality music, sports, news, and talk radio, right through your aircraft's audio system.

Audio content can be selected from anywhere in the aircraft using the RC70 wireless RF remote control.