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Debt (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Debt (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2020	Mar. 28, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Balance Term Loan	$ 434.0
Proceeds from (Payments for) Other Financing Activities	10,000,000.0	$ 0
Optional Revolver Commitment	750,000,000.0
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	300,000		$ 300,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Senior Long-term Debt		250,000,000.0
Proceeds from Lines of Credit	0	$ 100,000,000.0
Carrying Value Term Loan	432.4
Long-term Debt	2,822,200,000		2,827,800,000
SeniorUnsecuredNotesDue2028 [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	700,000,000.0
Senior Notes	694,200,000
2018 Amended Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	1,256,000,000.0
Senior unsecured notes due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	300,000,000.0
Senior Notes	299,300,000
Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2023 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	300,000,000.0
Senior Notes	298,400,000
Senior Notes, Current	0		0
Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	300,000,000.0
Senior Notes	297,900,000
Senior Notes, Current	0		0
2018 Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	800,000,000.0
2018 Term Loan A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	206,000,000.0
Delayed Draw Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 250,000,000.0
2018 Revolver, 2018 Term Loan, Delayed Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms	Each of the 2018 Revolver, the 2018 Term Loan and the 2018 DDTL matures on July 12, 2023, and prior to the February 2020 Amendment (as defined below), bears interest, at Spirit’s option, ranging between LIBOR plus 1.125% and LIBOR plus 1.875% (or between base rate plus 0.125% and base rate plus 0.875%, as applicable) based on Spirit’s senior unsecured ratings provided by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and/or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”)
Debt Instrument, Payment Terms	The principal obligations under the 2018 DDTL are to be repaid in equal quarterly installments of $3.1, subject to adjustments for any extension of the availability period of the 2018 DDTL, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 27, 2019, and with the balance due at maturity of the 2018 DDTL.
2020 Delayed Draw Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 375,000,000.0
Senior unsecured term loan A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal	2,600,000
Secured Debt Term A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 432,400,000		$ 438,500,000