A method comprising: transmitting and receiving, by a weather radar antenna of a weather radar system (40A, 40B) of an aircraft (30, 32), radar signals; receiving, by a data communication interface of an X-band data transmitter of an airport, first information from a first airport detection system (230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240) and second information from a second information detection system (230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240), the first information and the second information each respectively comprising a different one of lightning coordinates, airborne aircraft location coordinates, aircraft taxi location coordinates, bird flock location coordinates, wind shear area coordinates and ground vehicle location coordinates; converting, by an X-band data conversion unit (202, 204) of the X-band data transmitter, the first information and the second information into global coordinates on a digital data stream; and modulating, by the X-band data conversion unit (202, 204), an X-band carrier signal to load the digital data stream into the X-band carrier signal; or, alternatively, converting, by a data conversion unit of the X-band data transmitter, the first information and the second information into global coordinates on a digital data stream; and loading the digital data stream into an X-band carrier signal by modulating, by an X-band data upconverter, the digital data stream onto a baseband carrier signal and up-converting the baseband carrier signal through at least one stage of carrier multiplication and associated filtering until the modulated carrier signal reaches X-band frequency; broadcasting, from an omnidirectional antenna, the X-band carrier signal loaded with the digital data stream to the aircraft (30, 32, 34); receiving, by the weather radar antenna of the weather radar system (40A, 40B) of the aircraft (30, 32), the X-band carrier signal loaded with the digital data stream broadcast from the omni-directional antenna; converting, by the weather radar system (40A, 40B), the digital data stream into an alert signal (102, 104); and outputting, to a pilot of the aircraft and by the weather radar system (40A, 40B), a representation of the alert signal. transmitting and receiving, by a weather radar antenna of a weather radar system (40A, 40B) of an aircraft (30, 32), radar signals; receiving, by a data communication interface of an X-band data transmitter of an airport, first information from a first airport detection system (230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240) and second information from a second information detection system (230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240), the first information and the second information each respectively comprising a different one of lightning coordinates, airborne aircraft location coordinates, aircraft taxi location coordinates, bird flock location coordinates, wind shear area coordinates and ground vehicle location coordinates; converting, by an X-band data conversion unit (202, 204) of the X-band data transmitter, the first information and the second information into global coordinates on a digital data stream; and modulating, by the X-band data conversion unit (202, 204), an X-band carrier signal to load the digital data stream into the X-band carrier signal; or, alternatively, converting, by a data conversion unit of the X-band data transmitter, the first information and the second information into global coordinates on a digital data stream; and loading the digital data stream into an X-band carrier signal by modulating, by an X-band data upconverter, the digital data stream onto a baseband carrier signal and up-converting the baseband carrier signal through at least one stage of carrier multiplication and associated filtering until the modulated carrier signal reaches X-band frequency; broadcasting, from an omnidirectional antenna, the X-band carrier signal loaded with the digital data stream to the aircraft (30, 32, 34); receiving, by the weather radar antenna of the weather radar system (40A, 40B) of the aircraft (30, 32), the X-band carrier signal loaded with the digital data stream broadcast from the omni-directional antenna; converting, by the weather radar system (40A, 40B), the digital data stream into an alert signal (102, 104); and outputting, to a pilot of the aircraft and by the weather radar system (40A, 40B), a representation of the alert signal.