AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE HAVING AN IMPROVED INLET OPENING FOR ENGINE AIR

An aircraft structure (10) having a fuselage (20), an engine (70) and an air inlet (100) for receiving air for the engine is specified. The air inlet has a cowl which surrounds an inlet opening. The air inlet furthermore has a compression surface (102) and a transition shoulder (104). The air inlet (100) additionally has a flow guide surface (110), which is arranged as a local elevation in a region of the transition shoulder (104) and extends into the inlet opening. This flow guide surface designed as a local elevation contributes to improving the displacement of the boundary layer of a fluid flowing along the aircraft structure at the air inlet.