Astronics Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes - Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Current
U.S. Federal	$ 22,705us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 10,904us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 11,173us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
State	3,797	682	78
Foreign	1,112us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	81us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	2us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred	(4,677)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(722)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(1,544)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Provision (benefit) for income taxes, net	$ 22,937us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 10,945us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 9,709us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

Amount of current federal tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of current state and local tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.