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Income Taxes (Unrecognized Tax Benefits) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	Jun. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Income Taxes
Gross liability	$ 16,269	$ 10,586
Amount that would impact Woodward's effective tax rate, if recognized, net of expected offsetting adjustments	14,441	8,720
Accrued interest and penalties	$ 2,072	$ 1,431

This element represents the total of accruals as of the date of the statement of financial position for interest recognized for an underpayment of income taxes computed by applying the applicable statutory rate of interest to the difference between a tax position recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amount previously taken or expected to be taken in a tax return of the entity and the amount of statutory penalties for a tax position claimed or expected to be claimed by the entity, in its tax return, that does not meet the minimum statutory threshold to avoid payment of penalties.

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