diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Activities/Air/ReturnToBase.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Activities/Air/ReturnToBase.cs
index b6888a7701..b31140d54a 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Activities/Air/ReturnToBase.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Activities/Air/ReturnToBase.cs
@@ -113,10 +113,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Activities
 			{
 				var exit = dest.FirstExitOrDefault(null);
 				var offset = exit != null ? exit.Info.SpawnOffset : WVec.Zero;
-				if (aircraft.Info.TurnToDock)
+				if (aircraft.Info.TurnToDock || !aircraft.Info.VTOL)
 					facing = aircraft.Info.InitialFacing;
-				if (!aircraft.Info.VTOL)
-					facing = 192;
 
 				aircraft.MakeReservation(dest);
 				QueueChild(new Land(self, Target.FromActor(dest), offset, facing, Color.Green));
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/RemoveInitialFacingHardcoding.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/RemoveInitialFacingHardcoding.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11cf8a0051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/RemoveInitialFacingHardcoding.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2019 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
+ * information, see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules.Rules
+{
+	public class RemoveInitialFacingHardcoding : UpdateRule
+	{
+		public override string Name { get { return "Removed InitialFacing hardcoding for non-VTOLs"; } }
+		public override string Description
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return "Removed hardcoding of InitialFacing to 192 for aircraft with VTOL: false.";
+			}
+		}
+
+		readonly List<Tuple<string, string>> nonVTOLs = new List<Tuple<string, string>>();
+
+		public override IEnumerable<string> AfterUpdate(ModData modData)
+		{
+			var message = "InitialFacing is no longer hardcoded to 192 for aircraft with VTOL: false.\n"
+				+ "You may have to set it manually now in the following places:\n"
+				+ UpdateUtils.FormatMessageList(nonVTOLs.Select(n => n.Item1 + " (" + n.Item2 + ")"));
+
+			if (nonVTOLs.Any())
+				yield return message;
+
+			nonVTOLs.Clear();
+		}
+
+		public override IEnumerable<string> UpdateActorNode(ModData modData, MiniYamlNode actorNode)
+		{
+			var aircraft = actorNode.LastChildMatching("Aircraft");
+			if (aircraft != null)
+			{
+				var initialFacing = aircraft.LastChildMatching("InitialFacing");
+
+				var isVTOL = false;
+				var vtolNode = aircraft.LastChildMatching("VTOL");
+				if (vtolNode != null)
+					isVTOL = vtolNode.NodeValue<bool>();
+
+				// If InitialFacing is defined or it's a VTOL, no changes are needed.
+				if (initialFacing != null || isVTOL)
+					yield break;
+
+				nonVTOLs.Add(Tuple.Create(actorNode.Key, actorNode.Location.Filename));
+			}
+
+			yield break;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
index d436aa2ec7..416a124fbd 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules
 			{
 				// Bleed only changes here
 				new RemoveYesNo(),
+				new RemoveInitialFacingHardcoding(),
 			})
 		};