A rotary wing aircraft that extends along an associated roll axis between a nose region and an aft region and that comprises a fuselage with a front section and a rear section, the rotary wing aircraft comprising: a main rotor that is rotatably mounted at the front section, and a stabilizer arrangement that is arranged at the rear section in the aft region, wherein the rear section extends between the front section and the stabilizer arrangement and comprises an asymmetrical cross-sectional profile in direction of the associated roll axis.