An intake air filter (1) is for an internal combustion engine, especially
in a motor vehicle. The filter has a filter housing (2) having a raw air
inlet (4), a pure air outlet (5), and an annular filter element (3) which
is arranged in the filter housing (2) and through which air can flow in a
radial manner from the outside towards the inside. The filter element has
a first end disk (10) on the axial end thereof, said disk has an opening
(12) by which means the pure air outlet (5) communicates with the inside
(8) of the annular filter element (3). The purpose is to reduce the
influence of a secondary air induction on the fresh air supply of the
internal combustion engine. To this end, the filter housing (2) has a
secondary air outlet (6), on the pure air side, and the annular filter
element (3) has a second end disk (11) on an axial end opposing the first
end disk (10). The second end disk has at least one opening (17) by which
the secondary air outlet (6) communicates with the inside (8) of the
annular filter element (3).