diff --git a/gen/groundobjectsgen.py b/gen/groundobjectsgen.py
index 5c3b7aa0..3e16b11a 100644
--- a/gen/groundobjectsgen.py
+++ b/gen/groundobjectsgen.py
@@ -204,10 +204,11 @@ class GenericCarrierGenerator(GenericGroundObjectGenerator):
             tacan_callsign = self.tacan_callsign()
             icls = next(self.icls_alloc)
 
-            if self.control_point.target_position is not None:
-                brc = self.steam_to_target_position(ship_group)
-            else:
-                brc = self.steam_into_wind(ship_group)
+            # Always steam into the wind, even if the carrier is being moved.
+            # There are multiple unsimulated hours between turns, so we can
+            # count those as the time the carrier uses to move and the mission
+            # time as the recovery window.
+            brc = self.steam_into_wind(ship_group)
             self.activate_beacons(ship_group, tacan, tacan_callsign, icls)
             self.add_runway_data(brc or 0, atc, tacan, tacan_callsign, icls)
             self._register_unit_group(group, ship_group)
@@ -251,10 +252,6 @@ class GenericCarrierGenerator(GenericGroundObjectGenerator):
                 return brc
         return None
 
-    def steam_to_target_position(self, group: ShipGroup) -> Optional[int]:
-        group.add_waypoint(self.control_point.target_position)
-        return group.position.heading_between_point(self.control_point.target_position)
-
     def tacan_callsign(self) -> str:
         raise NotImplementedError