Employee Benefit Plans - Arrow SERP and Wyle Defined Benefit Plan (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Employees	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Discretionary Contribution Amount	$ 7,151	$ 7,139	$ 7,403
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	$ 101,859	$ 105,598
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Expected Long-Term Return on Assets	6.25%	6.75%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Expected Long-term Return on Assets	6.75%	6.75%
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Accumulated Benefit Obligation	$ 83,310	$ 76,261
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation	88,729	85,114	75,312
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	1,669	1,330
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	3,484	3,280
Defined Benefit Plan, Actuarial Net (Gains) Losses	2,220	8,668
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	(88,729)	(85,114)
Pension and Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans, Current Liabilities	(3,816)	(3,700)
Pension and Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans, Liabilities, Noncurrent	(84,913)	(81,414)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gains (Losses)	(3,615)	(1,997)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost	$ 8,793	$ 6,649
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Discount Rate	4.00%	4.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Rate of Compensation Increase	5.00%	5.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Discount Rate	4.00%	4.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Rate of Compensation Increase	5.00%	5.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year One	$ 3,885
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Two	3,853
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	25	$ 42
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Three	4,365
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Four	5,729
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Five	5,689
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Five Fiscal Years Thereafter	29,531
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefits Paid	$ (3,758)	(3,476)
Current Arrow SERP [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of Participants | Employees	8
Wyle Defined Benefit Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Accumulated Benefit Obligation	$ 129,029	136,298
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation	129,029	136,298	126,481
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	101,859	105,598	$ 104,714
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Return on Plan Assets	2,277	2,264
Defined Benefit Plan, Contributions by Employer	0	4,500
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	0	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	5,318	5,491
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return on Plan Assets	(7,159)	(7,066)
Defined Benefit Plan, Actuarial Net (Gains) Losses	(6,571)	10,206
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	(27,170)	(30,700)
Pension and Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans, Current Liabilities	0	0
Pension and Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans, Liabilities, Noncurrent	(27,170)	(30,700)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gains (Losses)	(1,668)	(1,270)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost	$ (173)	$ (305)
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Discount Rate	4.25%	4.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Discount Rate	4.00%	4.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year One	$ 6,918
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Two	7,019
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	0	$ 0
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Three	7,073
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Four	7,249
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Five	7,429
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Five Fiscal Years Thereafter	38,759
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefits Paid	$ (6,016)	$ (5,880)