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Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details 3) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Inventories    
Inventory allowance 11.6us-gaap_AirlineRelatedInventoryValuationReserves $ 10.1us-gaap_AirlineRelatedInventoryValuationReserves
Aircraft and rotable spares | Maximum    
Property and equipment    
Depreciable Life 18 years  
Residual Value (as a percent) 30.00%us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentSalvageValuePercentage
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= skyw_AircraftAndRotableSparesMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
 
Aircraft and rotable spares | Minimum    
Property and equipment    
Depreciable Life 10 years  
Residual Value (as a percent) 0.00%us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentSalvageValuePercentage
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= skyw_AircraftAndRotableSparesMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
 
Ground equipment    
Property and equipment    
Residual Value (as a percent) 0.00%us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentSalvageValuePercentage
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= skyw_GroundEquipmentMember
 
Ground equipment | Maximum    
Property and equipment    
Depreciable Life 10 years  
Ground equipment | Minimum    
Property and equipment    
Depreciable Life 5 years  
Office Equipment    
Property and equipment    
Residual Value (as a percent) 0.00%us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentSalvageValuePercentage
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_OfficeEquipmentMember
 
Office Equipment | Maximum    
Property and equipment    
Depreciable Life 7 years  
Office Equipment | Minimum    
Property and equipment    
Depreciable Life 5 years  
Leasehold Improvements    
Property and equipment    
Residual Value (as a percent) 0.00%us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentSalvageValuePercentage
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LeaseholdImprovementsMember
 
Leasehold Improvements | Maximum    
Property and equipment    
Depreciable Life 15 years  
Building    
Property and equipment    
Residual Value (as a percent) 0.00%us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentSalvageValuePercentage
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember
 
Building | Maximum    
Property and equipment    
Depreciable Life 39 years 6 months  
Building | Minimum    
Property and equipment    
Depreciable Life 20 years