Air to ground wireless repeater/relay system

Non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to:

• receive, by a control system communicatively coupled to relay circuitry, antenna circuitry, and a ground site, signal data corresponding to a radio signal, the relay circuitry structured to convert the radio signal into a subsequent signal;
• determine one or more airline schedules and one or more flight statuses associated with an underserved area;
• based on the one or more airline schedules and the one or more flight statuses determined, determine an aerial vehicle location as an aerial vehicle navigates to the underserved area;
• and
• generate a command to activate, via the antenna circuitry, transmission of air to ground network coverage based on the subsequent signal to the underserved area when the aerial vehicle location is in the underserved area.

A system for controlling the air to ground network coverage in

• an underserved area, the system comprising:
• an aerial vehicle;
• and
• control circuitry communicatively coupled to relay circuitry, antenna circuitry, and a ground site, the control circuitry structured to:
• receive signal data corresponding to a radio signal, the relay circuitry structured to convert the radio signal into a subsequent signal;
• determine one or more airline schedules and one or more flight statuses associated with an underserved area;
• based on the one or more airline schedules and the one or more flight statuses determined, determine an aerial vehicle location as the aerial vehicle navigates to the underserved area;
• and
• generate a command to activate, via the antenna circuitry, transmission of air to ground network coverage based on the subsequent signal to the underserved area when the aerial vehicle location is in the underserved area.