Debt - Components of Long-Term Debt - 2016-1 Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (Detail) - Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (EETC) [Member] - 2016-1 EETC [Member] $ in Billions	1 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($) Aircraft Debt_Instruments
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of debt instruments issued \| Debt_Instruments	3
Debt instrument principal amount \| $	$ 1.1
Number of aircraft financed by debt issuance \| Aircraft	22
American Airlines, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of debt instruments issued \| Debt_Instruments	3
Debt instrument principal amount \| $	$ 1.1
Number of aircraft financed by debt issuance \| Aircraft	22

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 55
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930739&loc=d3e28878-108400

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930785&loc=d3e28551-108399

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