An air-conditioning apparatus comprising: a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor , a heat-source-side heat exchanger , an expansion unit and a use-side heat exchanger are connected by a refrigerant pipe, the refrigerant circuit being configured to cause refrigerant to circulate therein; an indoor unit installed in an air-conditioning target space , and including the use-side heat exchanger ; an indoor air-sending device configured to send air to the use-side heat exchanger ; a refrigerant leakage detection device provided in the indoor unit , and configured to detect leakage of refrigerant in the air-conditioning target space ; and a controller including a leakage determination unit configured to determine, based on a result of detection by the refrigerant detection device , whether leakage of refrigerant occurs or not, and an operation control unit configured to control the indoor air-sending device in accordance with the control mode determined by the control mode determining unit , wherein the controller is configured to execute entry of each of a normal control mode and a rarefying control mode, the normal control mode being a control mode in which the refrigerant circuit and the indoor air-sending device are controlled in accordance with an air-conditioning load, the rarefying control mode being a control mode in which the indoor air-sending device is operated at a rarefying rotation speed which is 120% of the maximum rotation speed in the normal control mode, wherein the controller includes a control mode determining unit configured to determine, in a case where the leakage determination unit determines that leakage of refrigerant occurs, the rarefying control mode as a control mode to be set. a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor , a heat-source-side heat exchanger , an expansion unit and a use-side heat exchanger are connected by a refrigerant pipe, the refrigerant circuit being configured to cause refrigerant to circulate therein; an indoor unit installed in an air-conditioning target space , and including the use-side heat exchanger ; an indoor air-sending device configured to send air to the use-side heat exchanger ; a refrigerant leakage detection device provided in the indoor unit , and configured to detect leakage of refrigerant in the air-conditioning target space ; and a controller including a leakage determination unit configured to determine, based on a result of detection by the refrigerant detection device , whether leakage of refrigerant occurs or not, and an operation control unit configured to control the indoor air-sending device in accordance with the control mode determined by the control mode determining unit , wherein the controller is configured to execute entry of each of a normal control mode and a rarefying control mode, the normal control mode being a control mode in which the refrigerant circuit and the indoor air-sending device are controlled in accordance with an air-conditioning load, the rarefying control mode being a control mode in which the indoor air-sending device is operated at a rarefying rotation speed which is 120% of the maximum rotation speed in the normal control mode, wherein the controller includes a control mode determining unit configured to determine, in a case where the leakage determination unit determines that leakage of refrigerant occurs, the rarefying control mode as a control mode to be set. <EOS>