{"id":9967,"date":"2025-07-29T08:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=9967"},"modified":"2025-07-29T08:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:04:54","slug":"whats-aoi-angle-of-incidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/whats-aoi-angle-of-incidence\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s AOI (Angle of Incidence)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>angle of incidence (AOI)  is the angle between the wing&#8217;s chord line (an imaginary line from the leading edge to the trailing edge of the wing) and the aircraft&#8217;s longitudinal axis (a line running from the nose to the tail). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a fixed angle built into the aircraft&#8217;s design, unlike the angle of attack, which pilots can adjust during flight. This angle is crucial for ensuring the wing generates lift effectively at the aircraft&#8217;s typical cruising attitude<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ref:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldmethod.com\/learn-to-fly\/aerodynamics\/angle-of-incidence\/\">https:\/\/www.boldmethod.com\/learn-to-fly\/aerodynamics\/angle-of-incidence\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>angle of incidence (AOI) is the angle between the wing&#8217;s chord line (an imaginary line from the leading edge to the trailing edge of the wing) and the aircraft&#8217;s longitudinal axis (a line running from the nose to the tail). It&#8217;s a fixed angle built into the aircraft&#8217;s design, unlike the angle of attack, which<a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/whats-aoi-angle-of-incidence\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation","category-principal-of-flying"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9968,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967\/revisions\/9968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}