OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

Operating Segments (Tables) [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information [Table Text Block]

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the Flight Support Group ("FSG"), consisting of HEICO Aerospace and HEICO Flight Support Corp. and their collective subsidiaries; and the Electronic Technologies Group ("ETG"), consisting of HEICO Electronic Technologies Corp. and its subsidiaries, for the three months ended January 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Three months ended January 31, 2014:
Net sales		$181,585		$87,492		($2,251	)		$266,826
Depreciation and amortization	4,920		6,925		205			12,050
Operating income	32,203		22,904		(4,722		)	50,385
Capital expenditures	2,025		1,708		257			3,990
Three months ended January 31, 2013:
Net sales		$138,998		$78,841		($1,349	)		$216,490
Depreciation and amortization	2,835		5,113		192			8,140
Operating income	24,245		15,546		(4,852		)	34,939
Capital expenditures	2,387		2,035		44			4,466

Schedule of Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Total assets by operating segment as of January 31, 2014 and October 31, 2013 are as follows (in thousands):

	Segment				Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of January 31, 2014		$675,955		$748,250		$99,361		$1,523,566
Total assets as of October 31, 2013	679,839		759,807		93,369		1,533,015