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Financing Arrangements - Textual (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions	Dec. 11, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 24, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 14, 2020 $ / shares	Jun. 10, 2019 USD ($) shares	Jun. 04, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 13, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
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Stock split conversion ratio					1.5
Exercise price of warrants (in usd per share) \| $ / shares			$ 2.40			$ 2.40
Discount from market price (as a percentage)			4.00%
Face value price of warrant (in usd per share) \| $ / shares			$ 2.50
Warrants exercised (in shares) \| shares						3.6
Long-term debt, gross						$ 128,641,000		$ 86,174,000
Warrants outstanding and exercisable (in shares) \| shares						4.8
Trust Preferred Capital Security
Debt Instrument
Stock split conversion ratio			0.10
Stockholders equity note stock split stated value per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 25.00
Air T Funding \| Trust Preferred Capital Security
Debt Instrument
Issuance of Common Stock (in shares) \| shares				1.6
Value of new issues				$ 4,000,000.0
Air T Funding \| Warrant
Debt Instrument
Issuance of Common Stock (in shares) \| shares				8.4
Value of new issues				$ 21,000,000.0
Trust Preferred Securities \| Parent Company
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt, gross						$ 12,900,000
Term Loan G - ONB
Debt Instrument
Principle amount		$ 43,600,000
Debt instrument, periodic payment, principal percentage		15.00%
Debt instrument, capitalized interest rate		15.00%
Debt instrument fee, origination fee percentage		2.00%
Term Loan G - ONB \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate		3.00%
Term Loan - PSB
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Principle amount	$ 6,200,000
Debt instrument, periodic payment, principal percentage	15.00%
Debt instrument fee, origination fee percentage	2.00%
Term Loan - PSB \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate	3.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Parent Company
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt, gross						47,464,000		35,592,000
Unsecured Debt \| Contrail Aviation Inc.
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt, gross						$ 74,946,000		42,247,000
Unsecured Debt \| PPP Loan
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Principle amount							$ 8,200,000
Unsecured Debt \| PPP Loan \| Parent Company
Debt Instrument
Interest rate stated percentage (as a percentage)						1.00%	1.00%
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Unsecured Debt \| Trust Preferred Securities \| Parent Company
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Interest rate stated percentage (as a percentage)						8.00%
Long-term debt, gross						$ 12,878,000		12,877,000
Unsecured Debt \| Term Loan G - ONB
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Debt instrument, capitalized interest rate		15.00%
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Unsecured Debt \| Term Loan G - ONB \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
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Basis spread on variable rate		3.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Term Loan G - ONB \| Contrail Aviation Inc.
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Long-term debt, gross						$ 43,598,000		$ 0
Unsecured Debt \| Term Loan - PSB
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Unsecured Debt \| Term Loan - PSB \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate		3.00%