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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Segments - Additional Information (Detail)

Segments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Segments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 27, 2014	Jun. 28, 2014	Mar. 29, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 28, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014 Customer	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment loss									$ 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	$ 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	$ 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Purchased intangible impairment loss									0	0	0
Goodwill	100,153,000us-gaap_Goodwill				100,998,000us-gaap_Goodwill				100,153,000us-gaap_Goodwill	100,998,000us-gaap_Goodwill	21,923,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Sales	166,083,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	179,442,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	174,563,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	140,951,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	105,456,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	89,681,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	70,833,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	73,967,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	661,039,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	339,937,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	266,446,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Net Income	18,439,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	17,080,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	13,144,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	7,507,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	6,389,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	7,155,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	5,158,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	8,564,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	56,170,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	27,266,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	21,874,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Cumulative translation adjustments	(3,354,000)				1,284,000				(3,354,000)	1,284,000
Number of major customers									3atro_NumberOfMajorCustomers
Foreign Operations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									64,500,000	16,500,000	14,200,000
Net Income									4,100,000	200,000	1,000,000
Foreign Country [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net assets	38,000,000				40,100,000				38,000,000	40,100,000
Aerospace Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment loss									0	0	0
Purchased intangible impairment loss									0	0	0
Goodwill	100,200,000				101,000,000				100,200,000	101,000,000
Test Systems Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment loss									0	0	0
Purchased intangible impairment loss									0	0	0
Goodwill	0				0				0	0
Sales									$ 166,292,000	$ 9,407,000	$ 11,491,000