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Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014	May 31, 2013	Feb. 28, 2013	Nov. 30, 2012	May 31, 2014	May 31, 2013	May 31, 2012
Advertising [Abstract]
Advertising and promotion expenses						$ 407us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense	$ 424us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense	$ 421us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense
Business Realignment Costs [Abstract]
Business Realignment Costs			496fdx_BusinessRealignmentCosts	47fdx_BusinessRealignmentCosts	13fdx_BusinessRealignmentCosts		560fdx_BusinessRealignmentCosts
Business Realignment Costs, Net Of Tax							353fdx_BusinessRealignmentCostsNetOfTax
Business Realignment Costs, Diluted EPS Impact							$ 1.11fdx_BusinessRealignmentCostsDilutedEpsImpact
Business Realignment Costs Paid						300fdx_BusinessRealignmentCostsPaid	180fdx_BusinessRealignmentCostsPaid
Number of Employees Accepted Voluntary Buyout						3,600fdx_VoluntaryBuyoutEmployeesAccepted
Percent Employees Departed May 31, 2013							40.00%fdx_PercentEmployeesDepartedPriorPeriod
Percent Employees Departed Throughout 2014						35.00%fdx_PercentEmployeesToDepartThroughoutCurrentPeriod
Percent Employees Departed on May 31, 2014						25.00%fdx_PercentEmployeesToDepartEndOfCurrentPeriod
Capitalized Interest [Abstract]
Interest Costs Capitalized						29us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized	45us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized	85us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized
Dividends Declared [Abstract]
Dividends Payable, Date Declared						Jun. 09, 2014
Dividends Payable Amount Per Share	$ 0.2us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare					$ 0.2us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare
Dividends Payable, Date Paid						Jul. 03, 2014
Dividends Payable, Date Of Record						Jun. 19, 2014
Quarterly Dividend Increase Per Common Share	$ 0.05fdx_Quarterlydividendincreasepercommonshare					$ 0.05fdx_Quarterlydividendincreasepercommonshare
Impairment of Long Lived Assets [Abstract]
Asset impairments Diluted EPS impact							$ 0.20fdx_AssetImpairmentsDilutedEpsImpact	$ 0.26fdx_AssetImpairmentsDilutedEpsImpact
Asset impairments, net of tax							63fdx_AssetImpairmentsNetOfTax	84fdx_AssetImpairmentsNetOfTax
Number of Impaired Airbus A310-200 Aircraft			2fdx_NumberOfImpairedAirbus310200Aircraft				2fdx_NumberOfImpairedAirbus310200Aircraft	18fdx_NumberOfImpairedAirbus310200Aircraft
Number of Impaired Boeing MD10-10 Aircraft			5fdx_NumberOfImpairedBoeingAircraft				5fdx_NumberOfImpairedBoeingAircraft	6fdx_NumberOfImpairedBoeingAircraft
Number of Impaired Airbus A310-200 Aircraft Engines			4fdx_NumberOfImpairedAirbus310200AircraftEngines				4fdx_NumberOfImpairedAirbus310200AircraftEngines	26fdx_NumberOfImpairedAirbus310200AircraftEngines
Number of Impaired Boeing MD10-10 Aircraft Engines			15fdx_NumberOfImpairedBoeingAircraftEngines				15fdx_NumberOfImpairedBoeingAircraftEngines	17fdx_NumberOfImpairedBoeingAircraftEngines
Number of Impaired Airbus A310-300 Aircraft			3fdx_NumberOfImpairedAirbus310300Aircraft				3fdx_NumberOfImpairedAirbus310300Aircraft
Number of Impaired Airbus A310-300 Aircraft Engines			2fdx_NumberOfImpairedAirbus310300AircraftEngines				2fdx_NumberOfImpairedAirbus310300AircraftEngines
Number of Idle Aircraft	10fdx_NumberOfIdleAircraft					10fdx_NumberOfIdleAircraft
Aircraft Idle Term						3 months
Asset impairments							100us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf	134us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf
Number of Idle Aircraft Fully Depreciated	1fdx_NumberOfIdleAircraftFullyDepreciated					1fdx_NumberOfIdleAircraftFullyDepreciated
Pension And Postretirement Healthcare Plans Equity Impact [Abstract]
Benefit plans adjustments at year-end measurement date, net of tax						11fdx_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentNetOfTaxYearEnd	(861)fdx_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentNetOfTaxYearEnd
Property And Equipment [Line Items]
Net property and equipment	19,550us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet		18,484us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet			19,550us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	18,484us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Depreciation expense, excluding gains and losses on sales of property and equipment						2,600us-gaap_Depreciation	2,300us-gaap_Depreciation	2,100us-gaap_Depreciation
Depreciable Life Range For Majority Of Aircraft Costs						15 to 30
Number of Aircraft With Shortened Depreciable Lives			76fdx_AircraftWithShortenedDepreciableLives				76fdx_AircraftWithShortenedDepreciableLives	54fdx_AircraftWithShortenedDepreciableLives
Incremental Depreciation Expense						74fdx_IncrementalDepreciation	69fdx_IncrementalDepreciation
Treasury Shares [Abstract]
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share						$ 132us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
Purchase of treasury stock						4,857us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	246us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	197us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Stock Repurchase Program, Number Of Shares Authorized To Be Repurchased	32,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased					32,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased	5,300,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased					5,300,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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Stock Repurchase Program Remaining Number Of Shares Authorized To Be Repurchased Under Previous Program	10,200,000fdx_Stockrepurchaseprogramremainingnumberofsharesauthorizedtoberepurchasedunderpreviousprogram					10,200,000fdx_Stockrepurchaseprogramremainingnumberofsharesauthorizedtoberepurchasedunderpreviousprogram
Accelerated share repurchase aggregate payment						2,000fdx_Acceleratedsharerepurchaseaggregatepayment
Accelerated Share Repurchase Shares Delivered	3,400,000fdx_Acceleratedsharerepurchasesharesdelivered	11,400,000fdx_Acceleratedsharerepurchasesharesdelivered				14,800,000fdx_Acceleratedsharerepurchasesharesdelivered
Wide Body Aircraft And Related Equipment [Member]
Property And Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable lives range						15 to 30 years
Net property and equipment	7,223us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_WideBodyAircraftAndRelatedEquipmentMember		7,191us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_WideBodyAircraftAndRelatedEquipmentMember			7,223us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_WideBodyAircraftAndRelatedEquipmentMember	7,191us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_WideBodyAircraftAndRelatedEquipmentMember
Narrow Body And Feeder Aircraft And Related Equipment [Member]
Property And Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable lives range						5 to 18 years
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Package Handling And Ground Support Equipment [Member]
Property And Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable lives range						3 to 30 years
Net property and equipment	2,676us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_PackageHandlingAndGroundSupportEquipmentMember		2,311us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_PackageHandlingAndGroundSupportEquipmentMember			2,676us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_PackageHandlingAndGroundSupportEquipmentMember	2,311us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_PackageHandlingAndGroundSupportEquipmentMember
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Property And Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable lives range						3 to 15 years
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Computer And Electronic Equipment [Member]
Property And Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable lives range						2 to 10 years
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Facilities And Other Property [Member]
Property And Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable lives range						2 to 40 years
Net property and equipment	$ 4,109us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_FacilitiesAndOtherPropertyMember		$ 3,957us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_FacilitiesAndOtherPropertyMember			$ 4,109us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_FacilitiesAndOtherPropertyMember	$ 3,957us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fdx_FacilitiesAndOtherPropertyMember

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