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OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Table Text Block] | Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the Flight Support Group ("FSG"), consisting of HEICO Aerospace and HEICO Flight Support Corp. and their collective subsidiaries; and the Electronic Technologies Group ("ETG"), consisting of HEICO Electronic Technologies Corp. and its subsidiaries, for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):
|  |  |  |  |  | Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | Segment |  |
|  | FSG |  | ETG |  |
Nine months ended July 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $475,560 |  |  |  | $250,179 |  |  |  | ($4,408 | ) |  |  | $721,331 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 9,772 |  |  | 15,542 |  |  | 586 |  |  | 25,900 |
Operating income |  | 87,190 |  |  | 57,311 |  |  | (16,468 | ) |  | 128,033 |
Capital expenditures |  | 7,733 |  |  | 5,498 |  |  | 265 |  |  | 13,496 |
Nine months ended July 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $420,654 |  |  |  | $237,225 |  |  |  | ($2,941 | ) |  |  | $654,938 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 7,604 |  |  | 13,926 |  |  | 645 |  |  | 22,175 |
Operating income |  | 78,523 |  |  | 52,472 |  |  | (13,307 | ) |  | 117,688 |
Capital expenditures |  | 5,389 |  |  | 6,049 |  |  | 943 |  |  | 12,381 |
Three months ended July 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $181,331 |  |  |  | $87,401 |  |  |  | ($1,599 | ) |  |  | $267,133 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 4,069 |  |  | 5,226 |  |  | 200 |  |  | 9,495 |
Operating income |  | 32,649 |  |  | 21,516 |  |  | (5,759 | ) |  | 48,406 |
Capital expenditures |  | 2,435 |  |  | 1,673 |  |  | 123 |  |  | 4,231 |
Three months ended July 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $140,761 |  |  |  | $86,482 |  |  |  | ($1,274 | ) |  |  | $225,969 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 2,463 |  |  | 5,079 |  |  | 195 |  |  | 7,737 |
Operating income |  | 26,382 |  |  | 20,950 |  |  | (4,877 | ) |  | 42,455 |
Capital expenditures |  | 2,171 |  |  | 1,987 |  |  | 75 |  |  | 4,233 |
Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block] | Total assets by operating segment as of July 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Segment |  | Other, Primarily Corporate |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | FSG |  | ETG |  |
Total assets as of July 31, 2013 |  |  | $673,638 |  |  |  | $625,150 |  |  |  | $87,877 |  |  |  | $1,386,665 |
Total assets as of October 31, 2012 |  | 487,188 |  |  | 636,660 |  |  | 68,998 |  |  | 1,192,846 |
Amortization Expense [Table Text Block] | Amortization expense related to intangible assets and debt issuance costs by operating segment for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows (in thousands):
|  | Segment |  | Other, Primarily Corporate |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | FSG |  | ETG |  |
Nine months ended July 31, 2013 |  |  | $3,212 |  |  |  | $11,053 |  |  |  | $489 |  |  |  | $14,754 |
Nine months ended July 31, 2012 |  | 1,584 |  |  | 10,090 |  |  | 567 |  |  | 12,241 |
Three months ended July 31, 2013 |  |  | $1,689 |  |  |  | $3,685 |  |  |  | $163 |  |  |  | $5,537 |
Three months ended July 31, 2012 |  | 438 |  |  | 3,755 |  |  | 168 |  |  | 4,361 |

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