diff --git a/src/MNH/aircraft_balloon.f90 b/src/MNH/aircraft_balloon.f90
index b66fdc49efafc4abaf07a4bff1dcacaf006f07f6..2ad204176f5edaf2dd3b5ed557bc9d10b7411c7a 100644
--- a/src/MNH/aircraft_balloon.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/aircraft_balloon.f90
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ IF ( ISP == NFLYER_DEFAULT_RANK ) THEN
     ELSE IF ( TDTCUR > TZAIRCRAFT%TLAND ) THEN
       ! Nothing to do
       ! Aircraft will never be in flight in this run. Data will remain on the initial process.
+      NRANKNXT_AIRCRAFT(JI) = NFLYER_DEFAULT_RANK
+      CYCLE
     ELSE
       ! Aircraft is already in flight at the beginning of the run
       TZDATE = TDTCUR
diff --git a/src/MNH/aircraft_balloon_evol.f90 b/src/MNH/aircraft_balloon_evol.f90
index 2303011daab21515ccc45b5ad0daada2bba701fd..b50740df54301b3a890d0dd74ccdbd413b31ceda 100644
--- a/src/MNH/aircraft_balloon_evol.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/aircraft_balloon_evol.f90
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-!MNH_LIC Copyright 2000-2023 CNRS, Meteo-France and Universite Paul Sabatier
+!MNH_LIC Copyright 2000-2024 CNRS, Meteo-France and Universite Paul Sabatier
 !MNH_LIC This is part of the Meso-NH software governed by the CeCILL-C licence
 !MNH_LIC version 1. See LICENSE, CeCILL-C_V1-en.txt and CeCILL-C_V1-fr.txt
 !MNH_LIC for details. version 1.
@@ -998,7 +998,6 @@ USE MODD_AIRCRAFT_BALLOON, ONLY: TAIRCRAFTDATA
 USE MODD_TYPE_DATE,        ONLY: DATE_TIME
 
 USE MODE_DATETIME
-USE MODE_POSITION_TOOLS,   ONLY: FIND_PROCESS_AND_MODEL_FROM_XY_POS
 
 IMPLICIT NONE