Revenue (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Derived from Product Sales

	Year Ended September 30,
	2022			2021			2020
Manufactured products		84	%		86	%		86	%
MRO		14	%		13	%		12	%
Services		2	%		1	%		2	%

Schedule of Revenue Recognition Time

The amount of revenue recognized as point in time or over time follows:

	For the Year Ended September 30,
	2022						2021						2020
	Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated
Point in time	$	593,233	$	509,737	$	1,102,970	$	481,422	$	527,233	$	1,008,655	$	590,817	$	592,157	$	1,182,974
Over time		926,089		353,731		1,279,820		922,695		314,482		1,237,177		1,000,146		312,545		1,312,691
Total net sales	$	1,519,322	$	863,468	$	2,382,790	$	1,404,117	$	841,715	$	2,245,832	$	1,590,963	$	904,702	$	2,495,665

Summary of Amounts Recognized Related to Changes in Estimated Total Lifetime Sales for Material Rights and Costs to Fulfill Contracts With Customers

Amounts recognized related to changes in estimated total lifetime sales for material rights and costs to fulfill contracts with customers follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2020
Revenue	$	1,514	$	2,671	$	6,784
Cost of goods sold		667		1,961		6,638

Summary of Amounts Recognized Related to Amortization of Costs to Fulfill Contracts and Contract Liabilities Not Related to Changes in Estimate

Amounts recognized related to amortization of costs to fulfill contracts and contract liabilities, which were not related to changes in estimate, follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2020
Revenue	$	4,107	$	4,455	$	1,664
Cost of goods sold		3,077		3,466		1,241

Schedule of Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2022			September 30, 2021
Billed receivables
Trade accounts receivable	$	359,364		$	298,951
Other (Chinese financial institutions)		9,405			23,168
Total billed receivables		368,769			322,119
Current unbilled receivables (contract assets)		245,117			204,596
Total accounts receivable		613,886			526,715
Less: Allowance for uncollectible amounts		(3,922	)		(3,664	)
Total accounts receivable, net	$	609,964		$	523,051

Schedule of Uncollectible Amounts And Change in Expected Allowance for Credit Losses for Trade Accounts Receivable and Unbilled Receivables

The allowance for uncollectible amounts and change in expected credit losses for trade accounts receivable and unbilled receivables (contract assets) consisted of the following:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2022			2021			2020
Balance, beginning	$	3,664		$	8,359		$	8,936
Charged to costs and expenses, or sales allowance		1,866			2,382			4,735
Deductions		(1,587	)		(7,255	)		(5,342	)
Other (deductions)/additions1		(21	)		178			30
Balance, ending	$	3,922		$	3,664		$	8,359

(1) Includes effects of foreign exchange rate changes during the period.

Schedule of Contract Liability

Contract liabilities consisted of the following:  

	September 30, 2022				September 30, 2021
	Current		Noncurrent		Current		Noncurrent
Deferred revenue from material rights from GE joint venture formation	$	5,754	$	234,516	$	4,771	$	234,237
Deferred revenue from advanced invoicing and/or prepayments from customers		4,120		38		4,192		290
Liability related to customer supplied inventory		12,442		—		14,169		—
Deferred revenue from material rights related to engineering and development funding		8,347		161,791		6,395		151,797
Net contract liabilities	$	30,663	$	396,345	$	29,527	$	386,324

Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue

Revenue by primary market for the Aerospace reportable segment was as follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2020
Commercial OEM	$	499,438	$	386,543	$	434,306
Commercial aftermarket		420,881		306,547		399,843
Defense OEM		422,016		509,815		526,264
Defense aftermarket		176,987		201,212		230,550
Total Aerospace segment net sales	$	1,519,322	$	1,404,117	$	1,590,963

Revenue by primary market for the Industrial reportable segment was as follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2020
Reciprocating engines	$	636,866	$	639,946	$	632,555
Industrial turbines		226,602		201,769		222,366
Renewables1		—		—		49,781
Total Industrial segment net sales	$	863,468	$	841,715	$	904,702

The customers who account for approximately 10% or more of net sales of each of Woodward’s reportable segments are as follows:

	For the Year Ended September 30,
	2022	2021
Aerospace	Raytheon Technologies, The Boeing Company, GE	The Boeing Company, Raytheon Technologies, GE
Industrial	Rolls-Royce PLC, Wärtsilä, Caterpillar	Rolls-Royce PLC, Weichai Westport, GE

Net sales by geographic area, as determined based on the location of the customer, were as follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2022						2021						2020
	Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated
United States	$	1,105,860	$	205,740	$	1,311,600	$	1,103,373	$	174,750	$	1,278,123	$	1,231,004	$	195,450	$	1,426,454
Germany		57,840		174,216		232,056		31,005		152,691		183,696		52,635		181,330		233,965
Europe, excluding Germany		128,719		234,795		363,514		95,984		195,957		291,941		122,938		214,033		336,971
China		49,407		86,972		136,379		35,286		178,983		214,269		38,359		171,526		209,885
Asia, excluding China		23,334		128,855		152,189		23,363		114,137		137,500		27,068		113,001		140,069
Other countries		154,162		32,890		187,052		115,106		25,197		140,303		118,959		29,362		148,321
Total net sales	$	1,519,322	$	863,468	$	2,382,790	$	1,404,117	$	841,715	$	2,245,832	$	1,590,963	$	904,702	$	2,495,665