A head slider including a disk-facing surface having an inflow end and
outflow end, inflow-end-side rail, negative pressure part, three
extension rails, a pair of siderails, an
inflow-end-side-positive-pressure part, and
outflow-end-side-positive-pressure part, and an outflow end rail. The
extension rails protrude towards the negative pressure part, and are
formed lower than the inflow-end-side-positive-pressure part. As a result
of air flowing in from the inflow end, a positive pressure (flotation
force) is imparted to the inflow-end-side-positive-pressure part, and a
negative pressure is imparted to the negative pressure part. The negative
pressure which cancels the positive pressure acts to a suitable extent
without being affected by atmospheric pressure variations, so the
flotation amount is controlled to a fixed value regardless of variations
of altitude (atmospheric pressure).