ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITUTURES (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified				12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Sperian Protection [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Sperian Protection [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Sperian Protection [Member] Minimum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Sperian Protection [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Kings Safetywear Limited [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 EMS Technologies Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 EMS Technologies Inc [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 EMS Technologies Inc [Member] Aerospace [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 EMS Technologies Inc [Member] Automation and Control Solutions [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Thomas Russell Co [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Thomas Russell Co [Member] Minimum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Thomas Russell Co [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Intermec Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Intermec Inc [Member]
Business Combinations Paragraph Details [Line Items]
Business Acquisition Name Of Acquired Entity						Sperian Protection (Sperian)				King’s Safetywear Limited (KSW	EMS Technologies, Inc. (EMS)				Thomas Russell Co.,			Intermec, Inc. (Intermec)
Business Acquisition Date Of Acquisition Agreement						Oct. 31, 2010				Dec. 31, 2011	Aug. 31, 2011				Oct. 22, 2012			Dec. 31, 2012
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price	$ 438	$ 973	$ 1,303			$ 1,475				$ 331	$ 513				$ 368			$ 600
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Amortizable Intangible Assets										167	119		89	30	215
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill Amount						930				157	314				440
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt						326				33
Business Acquisition Revenue Reported By Acquired Entity For Last Annual Period							900					355							850
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Estimated Useful Lives				2	24			3	20							2	10
Trade names with indefinite lives	725	725				246				84
Other Intangible Assets Net	2,449	2,477				539
Controlling interest acquired (as a percentage)											100.00%				70.00%
Expected close date of acquisition																		end of the second quarter of 2013
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Gross Purchase Price															$ 525
Business Acquisition Share Price																		$ 10
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Paragraph Details [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners															30.00%
Description of noncontrolling interest terms															During the calendar year 2016, Honeywell has the right to acquire and the noncontrolling shareholder has the right to sell to Honeywell the remaining 30 percent interest at a price based on a multiple of Thomas Russell Co.’s average annual operating income from 2013 to 2015, subject to a predetermined cap and floor. Additionally, Honeywell has the right to acquire the remaining 30 percent interest for a fixed price equivalent to the cap at any time on or before December 31, 2015.