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Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract] |
Schedule of summarized unaudited quarterly financial data |
|  | Quarter |
|  | First |  |  | Second |  |  | Third |  |  | Fourth |
2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | $ | 179,229 |  |  |  | 226,205 |  |  |  | 252,385 |  |  |  | 223,782 |
Operating income (loss) |  |  | (4,858 | ) |  |  | 36,432 |  |  |  | 62,511 |  |  |  | 26,596 |
Income (loss) before income taxes |  |  | (9,373 | ) |  |  | 31,583 |  |  |  | 57,670 |  |  |  | 21,614 |
Net income (loss) |  |  | (5,689 | ) |  |  | 19,149 |  |  |  | 35,605 |  |  |  | 13,004 |
Net income (loss) attributable to Air Methods Corporation and subsidiaries |  |  | (5,689 | ) |  |  | 19,149 |  |  |  | 35,605 |  |  |  | 13,274 |
Basic income (loss) per common share |  |  | (.15 | ) |  |  | .49 |  |  |  | .91 |  |  |  | .29 |
Diluted income (loss) per common share |  |  | (.15 | ) |  |  | .49 |  |  |  | .91 |  |  |  | .29 |
2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | $ | 190,814 |  |  |  | 222,480 |  |  |  | 221,290 |  |  |  | 216,228 |
Operating income |  |  | 25,038 |  |  |  | 55,264 |  |  |  | 51,228 |  |  |  | 38,802 |
Income before income taxes |  |  | 20,375 |  |  |  | 50,990 |  |  |  | 46,917 |  |  |  | 34,662 |
Net income |  |  | 12,474 |  |  |  | 31,413 |  |  |  | 27,844 |  |  |  | 21,421 |
Basic income per common share |  |  | .33 |  |  |  | .81 |  |  |  | .72 |  |  |  | .55 |
Diluted income per common share |  |  | .32 |  |  |  | .81 |  |  |  | .71 |  |  |  | .55 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25249566&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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