Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	May 09, 2013 Class A Common Stock	May 09, 2013 Class B Non-Voting Common Stock
Entity Registrant Name	AIR LEASE CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001487712
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2013
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		99,455,339	1,829,339
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1