diff --git a/src/MissionManager/MissionController.cc b/src/MissionManager/MissionController.cc
index 9eedc40ec987a68e6d14c6ee1159da596a843c63..1b3e803f8ed1997284e4c50efcd9c645e1c04270 100644
--- a/src/MissionManager/MissionController.cc
+++ b/src/MissionManager/MissionController.cc
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ int MissionController::insertSimpleMissionItem(QGeoCoordinate coordinate, int i)
     newItem->setCoordinate(coordinate);
     newItem->setCommand(MAV_CMD_NAV_WAYPOINT);
     _initVisualItem(newItem);
-    if (_visualItems->count() == 1) {
+    if (_visualItems->count() == 1 && (_controllerVehicle->fixedWing() || _controllerVehicle->vtol() || _controllerVehicle->multiRotor())) {
         MAV_CMD takeoffCmd = _controllerVehicle->vtol() ? MAV_CMD_NAV_VTOL_TAKEOFF : MAV_CMD_NAV_TAKEOFF;
         if (_controllerVehicle->firmwarePlugin()->supportedMissionCommands().contains((MAV_CMD)takeoffCmd)) {
             newItem->setCommand(takeoffCmd);