An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus comprising: a casing ; an air inlet provided on the casing ; an air outlet opening in a bottom surface of the casing ; a heat exchanger arranged in an air passage extending from the air inlet to the air outlet ; a fan arranged in the air passage between the air inlet and the heat exchanger ; and an air-flow-direction control plate provided in the air passage between the heat exchanger and the air outlet , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a plurality of heat exchanger blocks that are arranged in a front-and-rear direction of the casing , and the heat exchanger includes: a refrigerant inlet through which refrigerant flows into the heat exchanger ; and a refrigerant outlet through which the refrigerant flows out of the heat exchanger , the air-flow-direction control plate is provided in a vicinity of one of the heat exchanger blocks , the refrigerant outlet is provided in a heat exchanger block other than the heat exchanger block that is provided in a vicinity of the air-flow-direction control plate , and the number of refrigerant outlets is larger than the number of refrigerant inlets , and wherein the air passage branches off into a plurality of divided air passages on a downstream side of the heat exchanger , air that has passed through a first heat exchanger block without the refrigerant outlet among the plurality of heat exchanger blocks flows into a first divided air passage that is one of the plurality of divided air passages , and the air-flow-direction control plate is disposed in the first divided air passage . a casing ; an air inlet provided on the casing ; an air outlet opening in a bottom surface of the casing ; a heat exchanger arranged in an air passage extending from the air inlet to the air outlet ; a fan arranged in the air passage between the air inlet and the heat exchanger ; and an air-flow-direction control plate provided in the air passage between the heat exchanger and the air outlet , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a plurality of heat exchanger blocks that are arranged in a front-and-rear direction of the casing , and the heat exchanger includes: a refrigerant inlet through which refrigerant flows into the heat exchanger ; and a refrigerant outlet through which the refrigerant flows out of the heat exchanger , a refrigerant inlet through which refrigerant flows into the heat exchanger ; and a refrigerant outlet through which the refrigerant flows out of the heat exchanger , the air-flow-direction control plate is provided in a vicinity of one of the heat exchanger blocks , the refrigerant outlet is provided in a heat exchanger block other than the heat exchanger block that is provided in a vicinity of the air-flow-direction control plate , and the number of refrigerant outlets is larger than the number of refrigerant inlets , and wherein the air passage branches off into a plurality of divided air passages on a downstream side of the heat exchanger , air that has passed through a first heat exchanger block without the refrigerant outlet among the plurality of heat exchanger blocks flows into a first divided air passage that is one of the plurality of divided air passages , and the air-flow-direction control plate is disposed in the first divided air passage . the air passage branches off into a plurality of divided air passages on a downstream side of the heat exchanger , air that has passed through a first heat exchanger block without the refrigerant outlet among the plurality of heat exchanger blocks flows into a first divided air passage that is one of the plurality of divided air passages , and the air-flow-direction control plate is disposed in the first divided air passage . <EOS>