Employee Benefit Plans - Arrow SERP and Wyle Defined Benefit Plan (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Discretionary Contribution Amount	$ 7,572	$ 7,151	$ 7,139
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	$ 71,470	$ 101,859
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Expected Long-Term Return on Assets	4.75%	6.25%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Expected Long-term Return on Assets	6.25%	6.75%
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Accumulated Benefit Obligation	$ 84,561	$ 83,310
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation	91,038	88,729	85,114
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	1,689	1,669
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	3,475	3,484
Defined Benefit Plan, Actuarial Net (Gains) Losses	1,021	2,220
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefits Paid	(3,876)	(3,758)
Defined Benefit Plan, Lum Sum Payments	0	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	(91,038)	(88,729)
Pension and Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans, Current Liabilities	(4,556)	(3,816)
Pension and Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans, Liabilities, Noncurrent	(86,482)	(84,913)
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return on Plan Assets	0	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gains (Losses)	(3,208)	(3,615)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	0	25
Settlement charge	0	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost	$ 8,372	$ 8,793
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%	4.00%
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	$ 4,556
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Two	4,518
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Three	5,906
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Four	5,858
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Five	5,806
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Five Fiscal Years Thereafter	31,982
Wyle Defined Benefit Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Accumulated Benefit Obligation	97,984	$ 129,029
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation	97,984	129,029	136,298
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	0	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	4,485	5,318
Defined Benefit Plan, Actuarial Net (Gains) Losses	(3,244)	(6,571)
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefits Paid	(6,223)	(6,016)
Defined Benefit Plan, Lum Sum Payments	(26,063)	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	71,470	101,859	$ 105,598
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Return on Plan Assets	1,897	2,277
Defined Benefit Plan, Settlements, Plan Assets	(26,063)	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	(26,514)	(27,170)
Pension and Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans, Current Liabilities	0	0
Pension and Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans, Liabilities, Noncurrent	(26,514)	(27,170)
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return on Plan Assets	(5,273)	(7,159)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gains (Losses)	(1,827)	(1,668)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	0	0
Settlement charge	(12,211)	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost	$ 13,250	$ (173)
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Discount Rate	4.00%	4.25%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Discount Rate	4.25%	4.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year One	$ 6,251
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Two	6,317
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Three	6,314
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Four	6,282
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Year Five	6,238
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Benefit Payments in Five Fiscal Years Thereafter	$ 30,740