How can I watch a movie on my ipad in airplane mode with no wi fi?

You can try downloading them as explained here:http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519. (This is not available in all countries, and must be permitted by the movie studio.)

Otherwise, sync them to your iPad by selecting them on the Movies tab of your iTunes sync settings and syncing.

Just download the movie and watch it. What else is there to know? If you purchase a movie from iTunes, you can watch it in Airplane Mode, with WiFi turned off, with Wifi turned on .... You can watch it anywhere.

Of course, you don't say if this is a rental or a purchase, but I can tell you that purchased movies work just fine in Airplane mode during a flight. Once they are fully downloaded to the iPad, you can watch them anywhere without the need for WiFi.

Download it in iTunes but watch it in the Videos app if you have no wifi or are using airplane mode

I had about 10 movies on my iPad - mostly digital copies of movies I'd purchased. Now they are in the cloud and I can't access them on a plane or locations without wi-fi access. Not sure what I did, but I'd prefer to simply have them back on my iPad so I can watch them whenever I want, with or without wi-fi.

1 - What setting messed me up?

2 - How can I change things back so my movies are on my iPad?

Thanks