Earnings Per Share (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Numerator
Numerator for basic and diluted EPS- income from continuing operations attributable to Goodrich	$ 188,300,000	$ 194,800,000
Percentage allocated to common shareholders	99.00%	98.60%
Numerator for basic and diluted EPS	186,300,000	192,100,000
Denominator
Denominator for basic EPS - weighted-average shares	125.8	125.3
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options, employee stock purchase plan and other deferred compensation shares	1.5	1.1
Denominator for diluted EPS - adjusted weighted-average shares and assumed conversion	127.3	126.4
Per common share income from continuing operations
Basic	$ 1.48	$ 1.53
Diluted	$ 1.46	$ 1.52
Earnings Per Share (Textual) [Abstract]
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding	125.8	125.3
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding and unvested restricted share units expected to vest	127.1	127.0
Percentage allocated to common shareholders	99.00%	98.60%
Outstanding stock options	3.1	3.6
Anti-dilutive stock options excluded from the diluted earnings per share	0	0.7
Common stock issued pursuant to stock option exercises and other share based compensation plans	0.8	1.0
Stock repurchase authorized, Amount	1,100,000,000
Common stock repurchase, Shares	0	0.9
Stock repurchased since inception of program shares	9.8
Stock repurchased since inception of program, amount	$ 621,000,000