XML 98 R77.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.20.4

LEASES - Narratives (Details) | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) aircraft | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of lease aircrafts (aircraft) | 338 |  |
Number of lease aircrafts, finance (aircraft) | 27 |  |
Number of lease aircrafts, operating (aircraft) | 17 |  |
Number of lease aircrafts, short-term (aircraft) | 294 |  |
Impairment charges for ROU assets | $ | $ 17,000,000 | $ 0 | $ 0
Rent expense related to operating leases | $ |  |  | $ 959,000,000
Lessee, Finance Lease and Operating Lease, Lease Not Yet Commenced, Amount | $ | $ 184,000,000 |  |
Minimum |  |  |
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] |  |  |
Lessee, Lease Term | 1 month |  |
Maximum |  |  |
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] |  |  |
Lessee, Lease Term | 140 years |  |

X
- Definition Lessee, Finance Lease and Operating Lease, Lease Not Yet Commenced, Amount + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ups_LesseeFinanceLeaseAndOperatingLeaseLeaseNotYetCommencedAmount
Namespace Prefix: | ups_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Lessee, Lease Term + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ups_LesseeLeaseTerm
Namespace Prefix: | ups_
Data Type: | xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Number of Leased Aircrafts + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ups_NumberofLeasedAircrafts
Namespace Prefix: | ups_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of Leased Aircrafts, Finance Lease + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ups_NumberofLeasedAircraftsFinanceLease
Namespace Prefix: | ups_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of Leased Aircrafts, Operating Lease + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ups_NumberofLeasedAircraftsOperatingLease
Namespace Prefix: | ups_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of Leased Aircrafts, Short-term + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ups_NumberofLeasedAircraftsShortterm
Namespace Prefix: | ups_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_LesseeLeaseDescriptionLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Amount of loss from impairment of right-of-use asset from operating lease. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 25 -Paragraph 6 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121593497&loc=SL77918431-209957 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_OperatingLeaseImpairmentLoss
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Details
Name: | srt_RangeAxis=srt_MinimumMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | srt_RangeAxis=srt_MaximumMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |