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Long-Term Debt and Notes Payable - Additional Information (Detail)

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Long-Term Debt and Notes Payable - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2014
Apr. 04, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Outstanding letter of credit   5 years
Revolving credit facility remaining   148,900,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
Outstanding letters of credit   1,100,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
Interest coverage ratio   2280.00%atro_InterestCoverageRatioActual
Leverage ratio   150.00%atro_ActualLeverageRatio
Maximum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Line of credit facility unused capacity   0.50%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
Minimum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Line of credit facility unused capacity   0.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Credit facility Outstanding 6,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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= atro_AmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementMember
 
Term loan outstanding amount 180,500,000us-gaap_DebtDefaultLongtermDebtAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= atro_AmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementMember
 
Replacement of original facility 350,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
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= atro_AmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementMember
 
Line of credit facility increase amount 150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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= atro_AmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementMember
 
Maturity date of loans Sep. 26, 2019  
Debt instrument description   Covenants in the Agreement have been modified to where the maximum permitted leverage ratio of funded debt to Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Agreement) is 3.5 to 1, increasing to 4.0 to 1 for up to two fiscal quarters following the closing of an acquisition permitted under the Agreement.
Ratio of funded debt to Adjusted EBITDA   350.00%atro_DebtCovenantRatioOfDebtToEbitda
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= atro_AmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementMember
LIBOR rate description   LIBOR plus between 137.5 basis points and 225 basis points based upon the Company's leverage ratio.
Minimum interest coverage ratio   300.00%atro_MinimumInterestCoverageRatio1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= atro_AmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementMember
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Ratio of funded debt to Adjusted EBITDA   400.00%atro_DebtCovenantRatioOfDebtToEbitda
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= atro_AmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee   0.35%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= atro_AmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee   0.175%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= atro_AmendedAndRestatedCreditAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Credit facility Outstanding   200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Acquisition [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Credit facility Outstanding   58,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= atro_AcquisitionsMember
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Credit Agreement [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Credit facility Outstanding   125,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= atro_CreditAgreementMember
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Credit Agreement [Member] | Term Loan [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Revolving credit facility, maturity date   Jun. 30, 2018
Letter of Credit [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Credit facility allocated   20,000,000atro_CreditFacilityAllocation
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= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember