Gogo (GOGO) 10-K 14 Mar 14 2013 FY Annual report Financial data

Document_and_Entity_Informatio

Document and Entity Information (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Feb. 28, 2014	Jun. 28, 2013
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]	'	'	'
Document Type	'10-K	'	'
Amendment Flag	'false	'	'
Document Period End Date	31-Dec-13	'	'
Document Fiscal Year Focus	'2013	'	'
Document Fiscal Period Focus	'FY	'	'
Trading Symbol	'GOGO	'	'
Entity Registrant Name	'Gogo Inc.	'	'
Entity Central Index Key	'0001537054	'	'
Current Fiscal Year End Date	'--12-31	'	'
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	'No	'	'
Entity Current Reporting Status	'Yes	'	'
Entity Voluntary Filers	'No	'	'
Entity Filer Category	'Non-accelerated Filer	'	'
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	'	84,985,412	'
Entity Public Float	'	'	$153,670,000

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets

Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Current assets:	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	$266,342	$112,576
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $162 and $1,139, respectively	25,690	24,253
Inventories	13,646	12,149
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	16,287	6,367
Total current assets	321,965	155,345
Non-current assets:	'	'
Property and equipment, net	265,634	197,674
Intangible assets, net	72,848	58,147
Goodwill	620	620
Long-term restricted cash	5,418	640
Debt issuance costs	12,969	8,826
Other non-current assets	9,546	10,863
Total non-current assets	367,035	276,770
Total assets	689,000	432,115
Current liabilities:	'	'
Accounts payable	22,251	16,691
Accrued liabilities	49,146	39,691
Accrued airline revenue share	9,958	6,261
Deferred revenue	11,718	6,663
Deferred airborne lease incentives	9,005	5,917
Current portion of long-term debt and capital leases	7,887	4,091
Total current liabilities	109,965	79,314
Non-current liabilities:	'	'
Long-term debt	235,627	131,450
Deferred airborne lease incentives	53,012	40,043
Deferred tax liabilities	5,770	4,949
Other non-current liabilities	14,436	7,758
Total non-current liabilities	308,845	184,200
Total liabilities	418,810	263,514
Commitments and contingencies	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock, value	'	614,378
Stockholders' equity (deficit)	'	'
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share; 500,000,000 and 103,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively; 84,976,457 and 7,619,429 shares issued at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively; and 84,976,392 and 6,798,017 shares outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively	8	'
Additional paid-in-capital	871,325	9,110
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	-425	-20
Accumulated deficit	-600,718	-454,867
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)	270,190	-445,777
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)	689,000	432,115
Class A Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock, value	'	174,199
Class B Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock, value	'	285,035
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock, value	'	$155,144

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets_Pa

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
Allowances on accounts receivable	$162	$1,139
Common stock, par value	$0.00	$0.00
Common stock, shares authorized	500,000,000	103,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	84,976,457	7,619,429
Common stock, shares outstanding	84,976,392	6,798,017
Class A Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock, par value	$0.01	$0.01
Redeemable preferred stock, authorized	0	15,000
Redeemable preferred stock, issued	0	14,126
Redeemable preferred stock, outstanding	0	14,126
Class B Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock, par value	$0.01	$0.01
Redeemable preferred stock, authorized	0	30,000
Redeemable preferred stock, issued	0	22,488
Redeemable preferred stock, outstanding	0	22,488
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'
Redeemable preferred stock, par value	$0.01	$0.01
Redeemable preferred stock, authorized	0	20,000
Redeemable preferred stock, issued	0	19,070
Redeemable preferred stock, outstanding	0	19,070

Consolidated_Statements_of_Ope

Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Revenue:	'	'	'
Service revenue	$250,381	$167,067	$103,918
Equipment revenue	77,743	66,448	56,238
Total revenue	328,124	233,515	160,156
Operating expenses:	'	'	'
Cost of service revenue (exclusive of items shown below)	132,259	83,235	54,605
Cost of equipment revenue (exclusive of items shown below)	35,739	29,905	23,240
Engineering, design and development	49,687	35,354	22,245
Sales and marketing	30,597	26,498	25,116
General and administrative	69,000	49,053	36,101
Depreciation and amortization	55,509	36,907	32,673
Total operating expenses	372,791	260,952	193,980
Operating loss	-44,667	-27,437	-33,824
Other (income) expense:	'	'	'
Interest income	-64	-77	-72
Interest expense	29,272	8,913	280
Fair value derivative adjustment	36,305	-9,640	-58,740
Write off of deferred equity financing costs	'	5,023	'
Other expense	2	22	40
Total other (income) expense	65,515	4,241	-58,492
Income (loss) before income taxes	-110,182	-31,678	24,668
Income tax provision	1,107	1,036	1,053
Net income (loss)	-111,289	-32,714	23,615
Class A and Class B senior convertible preferred stock return	-29,277	-52,427	-31,331
Accretion of preferred stock	-5,285	-10,499	-10,181
Net loss attributable to common stock	($145,851)	($95,640)	($17,897)
Net loss attributable to common stock per share-basic and diluted	($3.05)	($14.07)	($2.63)
Weighted average number of shares-basic and diluted	47,832,000	6,798,000	6,798,000

Consolidated_Statements_of_Com

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Statement Of Income And Comprehensive Income [Abstract]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	($22,105)	($18,718)	($55,989)	($14,477)	($19,104)	($13,044)	$2,900	($3,466)	($111,289)	($32,714)	$23,615
Currency translation adjustments, net of tax	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-405	-20	'
Comprehensive income (loss)	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	($111,694)	($32,734)	$23,615

Consolidated_Statements_of_Cas

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Operating activities:	'		'	'
Net income (loss)	($111,289)		($32,714)	$23,615
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by operating activities:	'		'	'
Depreciation and amortization	55,509		36,907	32,673
Fair value derivative adjustment	36,305		-9,640	-58,740
Write off of deferred equity financing costs	'		5,023	'
Loss on asset disposals/abandonments	1,058		1,592	1,155
Deferred income taxes	821		803	936
Stock compensation expense	5,621		3,545	1,795
Amortization of deferred financing costs	2,832		804	'
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:	'		'	'
Accounts receivable	-1,015		-3,288	-6,258
Inventories	-1,497		-3,026	-3,274
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	-1,378		-1,032	-1,742
Canadian ATG license payments	126		-3,236	-174
Deposits on satellite services	-4,774		'	'
Accounts payable	2,281		2,561	1,433
Accrued liabilities	10,911		5,943	6,246
Accrued airline revenue share	3,697		3,416	13
Deferred airborne lease incentives	10,217		18,165	11,030
Deferred revenue	6,685		3,212	1,461
Other non-current assets and liabilities	1,680		1,017	-238
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	17,790		30,052	9,931
Investing activities:	'		'	'
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment	226		860	'
Purchases of property and equipment	-105,228		-67,449	-33,200
Acquisition of intangible assets	-16,141		-12,007	-9,878
Acquisition of Airfone, includes $1.0 million in restricted cash at December 31, 2013	-9,344		'	'
(Increase) decrease in investing restricted cash	-4,565		-257	1,702
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	-135,052		-78,853	-41,376
Financing activities:	'		'	'
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriter commissions	173,910		'	'
Proceeds from credit facilities	113,000		135,000	520
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock	'		'	55,386
Payment of debt, including capital leases	-6,326		-2,339	-42
Payment of additional offering costs	-3,858		-4,255	-768
Payment of debt issuance costs	-6,975		-9,630	'
Stock option exercises	1,305		'	'
Other	'		'	57
Net cash provided by financing activities	271,056		118,776	55,153
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	-28		10	'
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	153,766		69,985	23,708
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	112,576		42,591	18,883
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	266,342		112,576	42,591
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:	'		'	'
Cash paid for interest	24,751		8,350	244
Cash paid for taxes	261		208	74
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:	'		'	'
Purchases of property and equipment in current liabilities	15,460		18,832	6,863
Purchases of property and equipment paid by commercial airlines	5,840		4,326	1,110
Purchases of property and equipment under capital leases	4,081		265	366
Acquisition of intangible assets-capitalized in current liabilities	2,319		2,731	2,790
Asset retirement obligation incurred	1,454	[1]	293	147
Class A and Class B senior convertible preferred stock return	29,277		52,427	31,331
Accretion of preferred stock	5,285		10,499	10,181
Equity financing costs included in current liabilities	'		'	$554
[1]	Includes $1.0 million related to a change in estimate in the expected cash flows for our estimated liabilities.

Consolidated_Statements_of_Cas1

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Parenthetical) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Statement Of Cash Flows [Abstract]	'
Acquisition of Airfone, restricted cash	$1

Consolidated_Statements_of_Sto

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (USD $)	Total	Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Accumulated Deficit [Member]
In Thousands, except Share data				Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]		Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2010	($330,373)	'	'	'	$97,831	'	'	($428,204)
Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2010	'	'	6,798,017	'	'	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	23,615	'	'	'	'	'	'	23,615
Class A and Class B senior convertible preferred stock return	-31,331	'	'	'	-31,331	'	'	'
Accretion on preferred stock	-10,181	'	'	'	-10,181	'	'	'
Class A senior convertible preferred stock adjustment to fair value at issuance	-7,187	'	'	'	-7,187	'	'	'
Stock compensation expense	1,795	'	'	'	1,795	'	'	'
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2011	-353,662	'	'	'	50,927	'	'	-404,589
Ending Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2011	'	'	6,798,017	'	'	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	-32,714	'	'	'	'	'	'	-32,714
Class A and Class B senior convertible preferred stock return	-52,427	'	'	'	-37,683	'	'	-14,744
Accretion on preferred stock	-10,499	'	'	'	-7,679	'	'	-2,820
Currency translation adjustments, net of tax	-20	'	'	'	'	'	-20	'
Stock compensation expense	3,545	'	'	'	3,545	'	'	'
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	-445,777	'	'	'	9,110	'	-20	-454,867
Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2012	'	'	6,798,017	'	'	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	-111,289	'	'	'	'	'	'	-111,289
Class A and Class B senior convertible preferred stock return	-29,277	'	'	'	'	'	'	-29,277
Accretion on preferred stock	-5,285	'	'	'	'	'	'	-5,285
Currency translation adjustments, net of tax	-405	'	'	'	'	'	-405	'
Stock compensation expense, excluding ACM units	5,123	'	'	'	5,123	'	'	'
Stock compensation expense	5,621	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Stock option exercises	1,305	'	'	'	1,305	'	'	'
Stock option exercises, Shares	121,556	'	121,556	'	'	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock, net of fees	170,052	'	1	'	170,051	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock, net of fees, Shares	'	'	11,000,000	'	'	'	'	'
Conversion of convertible preferred stock (including embedded derivative liability)	'	685,245	'	7	'	685,238	'	'
Conversion of convertible preferred stock (including embedded derivative liability), Shares	'	'	'	66,235,473	'	'	'	'
Distribution of ACM units	498	'	'	'	498	'	'	'
Distribution of ACM units, shares	'	'	821,346	'	'	'	'	'
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	$270,190	'	$8	'	$871,325	'	($425)	($600,718)
Ending Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2013	'	'	84,976,392	'	'	'	'	'

Background

Background	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Background	'
	1. Background
	Gogo Inc. (“we, us, our,” etc.) is a holding company, which through its operating subsidiaries is a provider of in-flight connectivity and wireless in-cabin digital entertainment solutions. Effective January 1, 2013, we realigned our business into the following three segments: Commercial Aviation North America or “CA-NA,” Commercial Aviation Rest of World or “CA-ROW” and Business Aviation or “BA”. We previously reported three segments: commercial aviation or CA, International, and BA. The realignment is intended to better align our reporting structure to the way in which we manage our business. The BA segment was not impacted by the realignment. Prior period segment disclosures have been restated to conform to the current year presentation. Our CA-NA business provides “Gogo®” branded in-flight connectivity and wireless digital entertainment solutions to commercial airline passengers flying routes that generally begin and end within North America, which for this purpose includes the continental United States (including Alaska), Canada and Mexico. Through our CA-ROW business we intend to provide in-flight connectivity and wireless digital entertainment solutions to passengers flying on foreign-based commercial airlines and international flights of North American based commercial airlines. This includes routes that begin and/or end outside of North America (as defined above) for which our international service will be provided. Our CA-ROW business is in the start-up phase as we initiated our international expansion efforts in the first quarter of 2012. Our BA business sells equipment for in-flight connectivity and telecommunications and provides in-flight internet connectivity and other voice and data communications services to the business aviation market. BA services include Gogo Biz, our in-flight broadband service that utilizes both our air-to-ground (“ATG”) network and our ATG spectrum, and satellite-based voice and data services through our strategic alliances with satellite companies.
	On June 20, 2013, we priced our Initial Public Offering of 11,000,000 shares of our common stock (“IPO”) and such shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 21, 2013. The public offering price of the shares sold in the offering was $17.00 per share. Upon consummation of the IPO, all outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock converted into 66,235,473 shares of common stock.
	As described in Note 3, “Common Stock and Preferred Stock” the liquidation preference associated with our Class A Senior Convertible Preferred Stock (“Class A Preferred Stock”) provided for a minimum return upon a Deemed Liquidation Event, such as an IPO. The additional common shares issued in connection with such minimum return upon the consummation of the IPO are included in the number of common shares above into which the preferred stock converted.
	In connection with our IPO our Board of Directors authorized a 103 for 1 split of our common stock which was effected on June 17, 2013. These consolidated financial statements reflect retroactive effect to the stock split.

Summary_of_Significant_Account

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	'
	2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
	Principles of Consolidation—The consolidated financial statements include our wholly owned subsidiaries and our affiliate, AC Management LLC (“ACM”). All intercompany transactions and account balances have been eliminated.
	We are the managing member of ACM, an affiliate whose units were owned by members of management. ACM was established for the sole purpose of providing an ownership stake in us to members of management, and ACM’s transactions effectively represent a share-based compensation plan (see Note 12, “Share-Based Compensation,” for further information). Since we are the managing member of ACM and thereby control ACM, including controlling which members of management are granted ownership interests, ACM is included in our consolidated financial statements. ACM distributed all of its shares of our common stock to its members in December 2013 in exchange for their units and will be dissolved in 2014.
	Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates the significant estimates and bases such estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
	Under agreements with certain of our airline partners to upgrade certain fleets to our new ATG-4 airborne equipment from our existing ATG airborne equipment, on a quarterly basis we reassess the useful lives of the ATG component parts requiring replacement. As a result of our analysis, we shortened the useful lives of these component parts to be consistent with when the aircraft are expected to be upgraded under this retrofit program. The change in estimated useful lives related to this specific retrofit program resulted in a $4.6 million increase in the accelerated depreciation recorded in the year ended December 31, 2013, which increased net loss per basic and fully diluted share by $0.10 for that period. We expect to incur an additional $1.4 million of accelerated depreciation through the first quarter of 2016. The weighted average useful life of our ATG component parts scheduled to be upgraded under this retrofit program before and after the reassessment was seven years and 4.1 years, respectively. The useful lives of ATG component parts not scheduled to be upgraded as part of this retrofit program remained at seven years.
	In October 2013, we announced that we are moving our headquarters and CA business from Itasca, IL to Chicago, IL in May 2015. As a result we shortened the estimated useful lives of the leasehold improvements, office equipment, furniture, and fixtures related to our existing corporate office. The change in the estimated useful lives related to the move resulted in a $0.1 million increase in accelerated depreciation in the year ended December 31, 2013. We expect to incur an additional $1.5 million of accelerated depreciation through May 2015. The weighted average useful life of the leasehold improvements, office equipment, furniture, and fixtures associated with the move before and after the reassessment was nine years and five years, respectively.
	Reclassifications—In order to conform to the current year presentation, certain amounts in our 2012 consolidated balance sheet and for the 2012 and 2011 consolidated statements of cash flows have been reclassified. Specifically, restricted cash of $214 has been combined into prepaid expenses and other current assets, and deferred rent of $4,020 and asset retirement obligations of $2,637 have been combined into other non-current liabilities, in our consolidated balance sheet. Specifically, other non-current assets of ($256) and ($60) and other non-current liabilities of $758 and $190 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, have been combined into other non-current assets and liabilities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. Additionally, deferred rent of $24 and $144 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, have been combined into accrued liabilities, and non-current deferred rent of $515 and ($368) for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, have been combined into other non-current assets and liabilities in our consolidated statements of cash flows.
	Significant Risks and Uncertainties—Our operations are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including without limitation those associated with continuing losses, fluctuations in operating results, funding expansion, strategic alliances, capacity constraints, managing rapid growth and expansion, relationships with suppliers and distributors, financing arrangement terms that may restrict operations, regulatory issues, competition, the economy, technology trends, and evolving industry standards.
	Cash and Cash Equivalents—We consider short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash, and so near their maturities that there is insignificant risk of changes in value due to any changes in market interest rates, and that have maturities of three months or less when purchased, to be cash equivalents. We continually monitor positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions with which we invest. The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents approximate the fair market value of these assets.
	Certain cash amounts are restricted as to use and are classified outside of cash and cash equivalents. See Note 9, “Long-term Debt and Other Liabilities,” for further details.
	Concentrations of Credit Risk—Financial instruments that potentially subject us to a concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. All cash and cash equivalents are invested in creditworthy financial institutions. We perform ongoing credit evaluations and generally do not require collateral to support receivables.
	See Note 11, “Business Segments and Major Customers,” for further details.
	Income Tax—We use an asset- and liability-based approach in accounting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recorded based on the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities, applying enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the year in which the tax differences are expected to reverse. Valuation allowances are provided against deferred tax assets, which are not likely to be realized. On a regular basis, management evaluates the recoverability of deferred tax assets and the need for a valuation allowance. We also consider the existence of any uncertain tax positions and, as necessary, provide a reserve for any uncertain tax positions at each reporting date.
	See Note 14, “Income Tax,” for further details.
	Inventories—Inventories consist primarily of telecommunications systems and parts, and are recorded at the lower of cost (average cost) or market. We evaluate the need for write-downs associated with obsolete, slow-moving, and nonsalable inventory by reviewing net realizable inventory values on a periodic basis.
	See Note 6, “Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts,” for further details.
	Property and Equipment and Depreciation—Property and equipment, including leasehold improvements, are stated at historical cost, less accumulated depreciation. Network asset inventory and construction in progress, which includes materials, transmission and related equipment, and interest and other costs relating to the construction and development of our network, are not depreciated until they are put into service. Network equipment consists of switching equipment, antennas, base transceiver stations, site preparation costs, and other related equipment used in the operation of our network. Airborne equipment consists of routers, radomes, antennas and related equipment, and accessories installed or to be installed on aircraft. Depreciation expense totaled $46.3 million, $29.5 million and $22.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives for owned assets, which are as follows:
	Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures	3-7 year
	Leasehold improvements	3-13 years
	Airborne equipment	7 years
	Network equipment	5-25 years
	See Note 6, “Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts,” for further details.
	Improvements to leased property are amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the improvement or the term of the related lease. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.
	Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets—Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized, but are reviewed for impairment at least annually or whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. We perform our annual impairment tests of goodwill and our indefinite-lived intangible assets during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. We assess the fair value of our FCC licenses using the Greenfield method, an income-based approach. Under the income approach, the fair value of the intangible asset is based on the present value of estimated future cash flows.
	In performing our annual review of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset balances for impairment, we estimate the fair value based primarily on projected future operating results, discounted cash flows, and other assumptions. Projected future operating results and cash flows used for valuation purposes may reflect considerable improvements relative to historical periods with respect to, among other things, revenue growth and operating margins. Although we believe our projected future operating results and cash flows and related estimates regarding fair values are based on reasonable assumptions, projected operating results and cash flows may not always be achieved. The failure to achieve one or more of our assumptions regarding projected operating results and cash flows in the near term or long term could reduce the estimated fair value below carrying value and result in the recognition of an impairment charge. The results of our annual goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment assessments for 2013, 2012, and 2011 indicated no impairment.
	Intangible assets that are deemed to have a finite life are amortized over their useful lives as follows:
	Software	3-8 years
	Patents	4-12 years
	Trademark/trade name	5 years
	Aircell Axxess technology	8 years
	OEM and dealer relationships	10 years
	Service customer relationships	5-7 years
	See Note 8, “Intangible Assets,” for further details.
	Long-Lived Assets—We review our long-lived assets to determine potential impairment whenever events indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. We do this by comparing the carrying value of the long-lived assets with the estimated future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the assets, including cash flows from disposition. If we determine an impairment exists, the asset is written down to estimated fair value.
	Arrangements with Commercial Airlines—Pursuant to connectivity agreements with our airline partners, we place our equipment on commercial aircraft operated by the airlines for the purpose of delivering the Gogo® service to passengers on the aircraft. Depending on the agreement, we may be responsible for the costs of installing and deinstalling the equipment. Under one type of connectivity agreement we maintain legal title to our equipment; however, under a second, more prevalent type of connectivity agreement our airline partners make an upfront payment and take legal title to such equipment. The majority of the equipment transactions where legal title transfers are not deemed to be sales transactions for accounting purposes because the risks and rewards of ownership are not fully transferred due to our continuing involvement with the equipment, the length of the term of our agreements with the airlines and restrictions in the agreements regarding the airlines’ use of the equipment. We account for these equipment transactions as operating leases of space for our equipment on the aircraft. The assets are recorded as Airborne Equipment on our balance sheets, as noted in the Property and Equipment and Depreciation section above. Any upfront equipment payments are accounted for as lease incentives and recorded as deferred airborne lease incentives on our balance sheets and are recognized as a reduction of the cost of service revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement with the airline.
	Our contracts with each commercial airline also require us to pay the airline a percentage of the service revenues generated from transactions with the airline’s passengers. Such payments are essentially contingent rental payments and are recorded at the same time as the related passenger service revenue and classified as cost of service revenue in the consolidated statements of operations. Certain airlines are also entitled under their contracts to reimbursement by us for certain costs, which are deemed additional rental payments and classified as cost of service revenue in our consolidated statements of operations.
	See Note 15, “Leases,” for further details.
	Revenue Recognition—Service revenue for CA-NA generally consists of point-of-sale transactions with airline passengers, which are recognized as the services are provided and billed to customers, typically by credit or debit card. The card processors charge a transaction fee for each card transaction, and such transaction processor payments are classified as cost of service revenue in the consolidated statements of operations and recorded at the same time as the related passenger service revenue.
	CA-NA’s product offerings also include an annual subscription product, multiple access packages (“multi-packs”) and an unlimited monthly access option. Under the multi-packs, revenue is deferred and recognized each time the customer accesses the network. Upon expiration, any amounts that are not used are recognized as revenue. Under the annual subscription product, revenue is recognized evenly throughout the year, regardless of how many times the customer accesses the network. Under the unlimited monthly access option, revenue is recognized evenly throughout the month starting on the date of purchase, regardless of how many times the customer accesses the network. All deferred revenue amounts related to the annual subscription, multi-packs and unlimited monthly access options are classified as a current liability in our consolidated balance sheets.
	CA-NA also derives service revenue under arrangements with various third parties who sponsor free or discounted access to Gogo® service. The sponsorship arrangements vary with respect to duration and the airlines included. For sponsorship arrangements that occur across more than a single calendar month, revenue is deferred and recognized evenly throughout the sponsorship term. Due to the short-term nature of these arrangements, all deferred amounts related to our sponsorships are classified as current liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. Other sources of CA-NA revenue include fees paid by third parties to advertise on or to enable ecommerce transactions through our airborne portal. For advertising or ecommerce arrangements that occur across more than a single calendar month, revenue is deferred and recognized evenly throughout the term of the arrangement.
	We recognize revenue for equipment sales when the following conditions have been satisfied: the equipment has been shipped to the customer, title and risk of loss have transferred to the customer, we have no future obligations for installation or maintenance service, the price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured.
	Service revenue for BA generally consists of monthly recurring and usage fees, which are recognized monthly as the services are provided and billed to customers.
	Our BA segment has multi-element arrangements that include both equipment and service revenue. Revenue is allocated to each element based on the relative fair value of each element. Each element’s allocated revenue is recognized when the revenue recognition criteria for that element have been met. Fair value is generally based on the price charged when each element is sold separately, or vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”). We use VSOE to determine the fair value of the elements pertaining to this arrangement.
	Our CA-ROW business is in the start-up phase as we initiated our international expansion efforts in the first quarter of 2012 and, as of December 31, 2013, this segment has generated minimal revenues.
	Research and Development Costs—Expenditures for research and development are charged to expense as incurred and totaled $29.8 million, $23.6 million and $16.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively. Research and development costs are reported as a component of engineering, design and development expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.
	Software Development Costs—We capitalize costs for network and non-network software developed or obtained for internal use during the application development stage. These costs include purchased software and direct costs associated with the development and configuration of internal use software that supports the operation of our service offerings. These costs are included in intangible assets, net, in our consolidated balance sheets and, when the software is placed in service, are amortized over their estimated useful lives. Costs incurred in the preliminary project and post-implementation stages, as well as maintenance and training costs, are expensed as incurred.
	With respect to software sold as part of our equipment sales, we capitalize software development costs once technological feasibility has been established. Capitalized software costs are amortized on a product-by-product basis, based on the greater of the ratio that current gross revenues for a product bear to the total of current and anticipated future gross revenues for that product or the straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic life of the product.
	Warranty—Our BA segment provides warranties on parts and labor related to our products. Our warranty terms range from two to five years. Warranty reserves are established for costs that are estimated to be incurred after the sale, delivery, and installation of the products under warranty. The warranty reserves are determined based on known product failures, historical experience, and other available evidence, and are included in accrued liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.
	See Note 6, “Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts,” for the details of the changes in our warranty reserve.
	Asset Retirement Obligations—We have certain asset retirement obligations related to contractual commitments to remove our network equipment and other assets from leased cell sites upon termination of the site lease and to remove equipment from aircraft when the service contracts terminate. The asset retirement obligations are classified as a noncurrent liability in our consolidated balance sheets.
	See Note 6, “Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts,” for the details of the changes in our asset retirement obligations.
	Fair Value of Financial Instruments—We group financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value into three levels of hierarchy based on the markets in which the assets and liabilities are traded and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value. Our derivative liabilities are the only financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets.
	See Note 4, “Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities,” for further information.
	Derivatives—Prior to the IPO, our Class A Preferred Stock and Junior Convertible Preferred Stock (“Junior Preferred Stock”) contained features that were considered embedded derivatives and were required to be bifurcated from the preferred stock and accounted for separately. These embedded derivatives were recognized in our consolidated balance sheets at fair value and the changes in fair values were recognized as noncash activity in earnings each period.
	See Note 3, “Common Stock and Preferred Stock,” and Note 4, “Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities,” for further information.
	Preferred Stock—Prior to the IPO, we elected to accrete changes in the redemption value of our preferred stock over the period from the date of issuance to the earliest redemption date using the effective interest method.
	See Note 3, “Common Stock and Preferred Stock,” for further information.
	Earnings Per Share—We calculate basic and diluted net loss per share using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period.
	See Note 5, “Net Income (Loss) Per Share” for further information.
	Share-Based Compensation—Compensation cost is measured and recognized at fair value for all share-based payments, including stock options. For stock options, we estimate fair value using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which requires assumptions, such as expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, expected life, and dividends. Restricted stock units (“RSUs”) are measured based on the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Our share-based compensation expense is recognized net of estimated forfeitures on a straight-line basis over the applicable vesting period, and is included in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. For 2013, 2012, and 2011, we estimated a forfeiture rate when computing share-based compensation expense. We reassess our estimated forfeiture rate periodically based on new facts and circumstances.
	See Note 12, “Share-Based Compensation,” for further discussion.
	Additional Paid-in Capital—For our internal recordkeeping, we categorized our additional paid-in capital account into two categories: additional paid-in capital related to equity share issuances and additional paid-in capital related to share-based compensation. Preferred stock return and accretion of preferred stock were historically recorded as reductions to additional paid-in capital related to equity share issuances. In 2012, due to the level of preferred stock return and accretion of preferred stock recognized, the balance of our additional paid-in capital related to equity share issuances was reduced to zero. Accordingly, during 2013 and 2012 we recorded preferred stock return and accretion of preferred stock as increases to our accumulated deficit. See our consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity (deficit) for further information.
	Leases—In addition to our arrangements with commercial airlines which we account for as leases as noted above, we also lease certain facilities, equipment, cell tower space, and base station capacity. We review each lease agreement to determine if it qualifies as an operating or capital lease.
For leases that contain predetermined fixed escalations of the minimum rent, we recognize the related rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. We record any difference between the straight-line rent amounts and amounts payable under the lease as deferred rent, in either accrued liabilities or as a separate line within noncurrent liabilities, as appropriate, in our consolidated balance sheets.
For leases that qualify as a capital lease, we record a capital lease asset and a capital lease obligation at the beginning of lease term at an amount equal to the present value of minimum lease payments during the term of the lease, excluding that portion of the payments that represent executory costs. The capital lease asset is depreciated on a straight-line method over the shorter of its estimated useful life or lease term.
See Note 15, “Leases,” for further information.
Advertising Costs—Costs for advertising are expensed as incurred.
Debt Issuance Costs—We deferred loan origination fees and financing costs related to the Senior Term Facility (as defined in Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”), all of which have been accounted for as deferred financing costs. Additionally, we deferred fees paid directly to the lenders related to the New Borrowing (as defined in Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”) as deferred financing costs. The fees incurred but not paid directly to the lenders in connection with the New Borrowing were expensed to interest expense. We amortize these costs over the term of the Amended Senior Term Facility (as defined in Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”) using the effective interest method, and include them in interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations.
See Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities” for further information.
Comprehensive Income (Loss)—Comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is net loss plus unrealized losses on foreign currency translation adjustments.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements—In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-02, FASB Finalizes New Disclosure Requirements for Reclassification Adjustments Out of AOCI (“ASU 2013-02”). This pronouncement adds new disclosure requirements for items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”). ASU 2013-02 is intended to help entities improve the transparency of changes in other comprehensive income (“OCI”) and items reclassified out of AOCI in their financial statements. It does not amend any existing requirements for reporting net income or OCI in the financial statements. This guidance, which we adopted effective January 1, 2013, did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Exists (“ASU 2013-11”). This pronouncement provides guidance on financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. ASU 2013-11 is intended to eliminate the diversity in practice in presenting such items. We will adopt this guidance as of January 1, 2014. Adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Common_Stock_and_Preferred_Sto

Common Stock and Preferred Stock	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
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Common Stock and Preferred Stock	'
	3. Common Stock and Preferred Stock
	Common Stock—We have one class of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012. Our common stock is junior to our preferred stock, if and when issued. See “Post IPO Preferred Stock” below for additional information.
	Our Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes a total of 500,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share.
	On June 20, 2013, we priced our IPO of 11,000,000 shares of common stock and such shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 21, 2013. The public offering price of the shares sold in the offering was $17.00 per share. Upon consummation of the IPO, all of the then outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock converted into 66,235,473 shares of common stock, which includes 2,135,602 common shares issued in connection with the liquidation preference associated with our Class A Preferred Stock.
	On December 23, 2011 we filed our initial registration statement to commence our initial public offering process. In the fourth quarter of 2012, primarily due to market conditions, we temporarily suspended our efforts to conduct an initial public offering and accordingly in 2012 wrote-off $5.0 million of deferred equity financing costs incurred through December 31, 2012.
	Post IPO Preferred Stock—Effective upon the closing of the IPO in June 2013, our previously issued preferred stock was no longer outstanding as all such preferred stock was converted into common stock.
	Our Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes 100,000,000 shares of new preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share. No shares of this new preferred stock have been issued. The preferred stock may be issued, from time to time, in one or more series as authorized by the Board of Directors, which has the authority to designate the terms of any series of preferred stock issued, including, without limitation, the number of shares to be included in the series of preferred stock, any dividend, redemption, conversion rights or voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights.
	Pre IPO Preferred Stock—Prior to our IPO, we had three classes of preferred stock outstanding, all of which converted into common stock upon the IPO; Class A Preferred Stock, Class B Senior Convertible Preferred Stock (“Class B Preferred Stock”), and Junior Preferred Stock.
	A summary of our preferred stock activity for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, is as follows (in thousands):
		Preferred Stock
		Class A			Class B			Junior			Total
	Balance at January 1, 2011	$	80,278		$	231,559		$	141,548		$	453,385
	January 28, 2011 funding		38,095			—			—			38,095
	June 30, 2011 funding		24,478			—			—			24,478
	Allocation of embedded derivative upon issuance of preferred stock		(6,018	)		—			—			(6,018	)
	Preferred stock return		13,943			17,388			—			31,331
	Accretion of preferred stock		1,913			1,625			6,643			10,181
	Balance at December 31, 2011		152,689			250,572			148,191			551,452
	Preferred stock return		19,505			32,922			—			52,427
	Accretion of preferred stock		2,005			1,541			6,953			10,499
	Balance at December 31, 2012		174,199			285,035			155,144			614,378
	Preferred stock return		11,219			18,058			—			29,277
	Accretion of preferred stock		1,005			763			3,517			5,285
	Conversion to common stock upon the IPO		(186,423	)		(303,856	)		(158,661	)		(648,940	)
	Balance at December 31, 2013	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
	Each class of preferred stock was measured at fair value upon issuance on December 31, 2009, and recorded outside of permanent equity because the investors could redeem the shares in the future outside of our control. All three classes of preferred stock were being accreted to stated value over the period from the date of issuance to the earliest redemption date using the effective interest method. The initial stated capital of each of the three classes of preferred stock was $10,000 per share. All classes of preferred stock had voting rights proportionate to their ownership interest in us and had participation rights in any dividends issued on the common stock. The Class A Preferred Stock and Class B Preferred Stock earned a quarterly preferred return of 6%, which we elected to pay in-kind, while the Junior Preferred Stock did not pay a quarterly preferred return. All three classes of our preferred stock included antidilution adjustment provisions, although during the period when the preferred stock was outstanding, only the Conversion Price of the Junior Preferred Stock was impacted by such provisions. The Conversion Price of the Junior Preferred Stock was adjusted from $1,087 at the date of issue to $1,075 as a result of the issuance of additional Class A Preferred Stock in 2011 and 2010.
	The Class A Preferred Stock included a liquidation preference that provided for a minimum rate of investment return, which represented an embedded derivative and required bifurcation from the Class A Preferred Stock and separate accounting as a derivative liability. The liquidity feature, when classified as a derivative liability, was initially recorded at fair value and marked to fair value at the end of each reporting period. As noted above, upon consummation of the IPO, 2,135,602 shares of common stock were issued in connection with the liquidation preference associated with our Class A Preferred Stock resulting in a $36.3 million charge recorded in our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2013. Due to changes in the fair value of the derivative liability, $9.6 million and $25.7 million of income was recorded to fair value derivative adjustments in our consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011.
	The fair value of the Junior Preferred Stock at issuance was determined to be approximately $8,000 per share, a substantial discount to its stated capital of $10,000 per share. Accordingly, under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, since the Junior Preferred Stock contained contingently exercisable put/call features, principally the Deemed Liquidation Event and Mandatory Conversion Option features, that could accelerate the repayment of the stated capital, such features were deemed not to be clearly and closely related to the host security and were required to be bifurcated from the Junior Preferred Stock and separately accounted for as a derivative liability. Due to changes in the fair value of the derivative liability, $33.1 million of income was recorded to fair value derivative adjustment in our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.
	See Note 4, “Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities,” for additional discussion regarding the fair value adjustments.

Fair_Value_of_Financial_Assets

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]	'
Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities	'
	4. Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities
	A three-tier fair value hierarchy has been established which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. These tiers include:
		•		Level 1—defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;
		•		Level 2—defined as observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; and
		•		Level 3—defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.
	Long-Term Debt:
	Our financial assets and liabilities that are disclosed but not measured at fair value include the Amended Senior Term Facility and the Alaska Facility, both of which are reflected on the consolidated balance sheet at cost, as defined in Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”. Based on market conditions as of December 31, 2013, the fair value of the Amended Senior Term Facility was approximately $261 million and the fair value of the Alaska Facility approximated its carrying value of $1.5 million (see Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”). These fair value measurements are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy since they are determined based upon significant inputs observable in the market including interest rates on recent financings by entities with credit profiles similar to ours. We estimated the fair values of the Amended Senior Term Facility and the Alaska Facility by calculating the upfront cash payment a market participant would require to assume these obligations. The upfront cash payment, excluding any issuance costs, is the amount that a market participant would be able to lend at December 31, 2013 to an entity with a credit rating similar to ours and achieve sufficient cash inflows to cover the scheduled cash outflows under the Amended Senior Term Facility and the Alaska Facility.
	Derivative Liabilities:
	As described in Note 3, “Common Stock and Preferred Stock” the liquidation preference associated with our Class A Senior Convertible Preferred Stock was considered an embedded derivative as it provided for a minimum return upon a Deemed Liquidation Event, such as an IPO. Upon consummation of the IPO, 2,135,602 common shares were issued in connection with the liquidation preference minimum return. As the public offering price of the shares sold in the offering was $17.00 per share, the value of the liquidation preference was $36.3 million, which we believe constitutes Level 2 observable inputs.
	As discussed in Note 3, “Common Stock and Preferred Stock,” our Class A Preferred Stock and Junior Preferred Stock included features that qualified as embedded derivatives. The embedded derivatives were bifurcated from the host contract and separately accounted for as derivative liabilities. As derivative liabilities, these features were required to be initially recorded at the fair value on date of issuance and marked to fair value at the end of each reporting period, resulting in a noncash charge/benefit to other (income) expense in our consolidated statements of operations. The fair value of the derivatives was valued using an income approach and a probability-weighted expected return method (“PWERM”) using Level 3 unobservable inputs, as the income approach and PWERM were deemed to best represent the valuation models investors would likely use in valuing us.
	There were no fair value measurements using Level 3 inputs related to our derivative liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2013. The following table presents the fair value reconciliation of Level 3 derivative liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):
			Class A			Junior			Total
			Preferred			Preferred
			Stock			Stock
	Balance at January 1, 2011		$	29,272		$	33,090		$	62,362
	Included in other (income) expense			(25,650	)		(33,090	)		(58,740	)
	Allocation of Class A Preferred Stock upon issuance			6,018			—			6,018
	Balance at December 31, 2011			9,640			—			9,640
	Included in other (income) expense			(9,640	)		—			(9,640	)
	Balance at December 31, 2012		$	—		$	—		$	—
	FCC Licenses:
	In performing the annual impairment assessment of our FCC licenses, the fair value of the FCC license is determined using an income-based approach (the Greenfield method) using Level 3 unobservable inputs. Significant Level 3 inputs include projected future cash flows and the discount rate used to calculate the present value of the prospective cash flows.

Net_Income_Loss_Per_Share

Net Income (Loss) Per Share	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'
Net Income (Loss) Per Share	'
	5. Net Income (Loss) Per Share
	Basic and diluted net loss per share have been calculated using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Our previously outstanding Class A Preferred Stock, Class B Preferred Stock and Junior Preferred Stock were all considered participating securities requiring the two-class method to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share. In periods of a net loss attributable to common stock, the three classes of preferred stock were excluded from the computation of basic earnings per share either due to the fact that they were not required to fund losses or because the redemption amount was not reduced as a result of losses.
	For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 all outstanding shares of common stock underlying stock options and ACM Units were excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding because they were anti-dilutive. For the year ended December 31, 2013, all outstanding shares of common stock underlying deferred stock units and restricted stock units were also excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding because they were anti-dilutive. Additionally, all outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock were excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding for the period prior to their conversion into common stock upon the IPO for the year ended December 31, 2013 and for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 because they were anti-dilutive.
	The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share using the two-class method; however, because of the undistributed losses in every year, the three classes of preferred stock are excluded from the computation of basic earnings per share as undistributed losses are not allocated to preferred shares (in thousands, except per share amounts):
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Net income (loss)	$	(111,289	)	$	(32,714	)	$	23,615
	Less: Preferred stock return		29,277			52,427			31,331
	Less: Accretion of preferred stock		5,285			10,499			10,181
	Undistributed losses	$	(145,851	)	$	(95,640	)	$	(17,897	)
	Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted		47,832			6,798			6,798
	Net loss attributable to common stock per share-basic and diluted	$	(3.05	)	$	(14.07	)	$	(2.63	)

Composition_of_Certain_Balance

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]	'
Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts	'
	6. Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts
	Inventories as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, all of which were included within the BA segment, were as follows (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Work-in-process component parts		$	10,146		$	9,997
	Finished goods			3,500			2,152
	Total inventory		$	13,646		$	12,149
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Deposits on satellite services		$	4,774		$	—
	Airfone acquisition related other current assets (1)			2,847			—
	Restricted cash			1,006			214
	Other			7,660			6,153
	Total prepaid expenses and other current assets		$	16,287		$	6,367
	-1	See Note 7, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.
	Property and equipment as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures		$	19,695		$	15,895
	Leasehold improvements			7,747			7,152
	Airborne equipment			227,866			163,896
	Network equipment			135,072			96,000
				390,380			282,943
	Accumulated depreciation			(124,746	)		(85,269	)
	Property and equipment, net		$	265,634		$	197,674
	Other non-current assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Canadian ATG license payments (1)		$	2,749		$	3,080
	Deposits on satellite and other airborne equipment			5,629			5,747
	Other			1,168			2,036
	Total other non-current assets		$	9,546		$	10,863
	-1	See Note 18, “Canadian ATG Spectrum License” for further information.
	Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Employee benefits		$	17,320		$	11,212
	Airborne equipment and installation costs			4,981			12,209
	Airfone acquisition related liabilities (1)			4,791			—
	Other			22,054			16,270
	Total accrued liabilities		$	49,146		$	39,691
	-1	See Note 7, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.
	Other non-current liabilities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Asset retirement obligations		$	4,382		$	2,637
	Deferred rent			3,982			4,020
	Capital leases			3,011			229
	Deferred revenue			1,878			249
	Other			1,183			623
	Total other non-current liabilities		$	14,436		$	7,758
	Changes in our warranty reserve for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):
			Warranty
			Reserve
	Balance—January 1, 2011		$	415
	Accruals for warranties issued			1,254
	Settlements of warranties			(997	)
	Balance—December 31, 2011			672
	Accruals for warranties issued			480
	Settlements of warranties			(282	)
	Balance—December 31, 2012			870
	Accruals for warranties issued			622
Settlements of warranties			(612	)
Balance—December 31, 2013		$	880
Changes in our non-current asset retirement obligations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):
		Asset
		Retirement
		Obligation
Balance—January 1, 2012		$	2,112
Liabilities incurred			293
Liabilities settled			(39	)
Accretion expense			271
Balance—December 31, 2012			2,637
Liabilities incurred (1)			1,454
Liabilities settled			(72	)
Accretion expense			363
Balance—December 31, 2013		$	4,382
-1	Includes $1.0 million related to a change in estimate in the expected cash flows for our estimated liabilities.
The changes in our non-current asset retirement obligations exclude asset retirement obligations acquired as part of the Airfone acquisition as we expect to wind down the business and related assets within a year and have thus classified such obligations as current liabilities as of December 31, 2013.

Airfone_Acquisition

Airfone Acquisition	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Business Combinations [Abstract]	'
Airfone Acquisition	'
	7. Airfone Acquisition
	On April 11, 2013, we consummated the acquisition from LiveTV, LLC (“LiveTV”) of LiveTV Airfone, LLC (“Airfone”) which had more than 1,000 subscribers for its airborne voice communication services and a Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) license for 1 MHz of ATG spectrum in the nationwide 800MHz Commercial Air-Ground Radiotelephone band (“1 MHz FCC License”). The purchase price for the acquisition was $9.3 million. In connection with the acquisition, we also agreed to license certain intellectual property rights from LiveTV. The purchase price was funded from cash on-hand and of the $9.3 million purchase price, $1.0 million remained in escrow and is included in restricted cash along with a corresponding amount in accrued liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013. This acquisition did not have a material impact on our financial statements. Accordingly, we have not presented pro forma disclosures.
	The Airfone acquisition is being accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting and the results of operations are included in our financial statements from the date of acquisition. The allocation of the purchase price is a follows (in thousands):
		Purchase Price
		Allocation
	Trade receivables	$	422
	Prepaid and other current assets		3,768
	Property and equipment		2,232
	Trademark/trade name		220
	Service customer relationships		7,100
	FCC License		964
	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(3,628	)
	Asset retirement obligations		(1,734	)
	Total purchase price	$	9,344
	In connection with our integration of Airfone, we determined that Airfone failed to remit to the Universal Services Administration Company (“USAC”) certain FCC-mandated Federal Universal Service Fund (“FUSF”) fees. We therefore have caused Airfone to correct its past filings and to remit to USAC approximately $1.1 million in FUSF and related fees covering the period from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2012. We expect that an additional $0.1 million covering the period from January 1, 2013 through April 10, 2013 will be paid to USAC in 2014. We also determined that Airfone billed its customers for FUSF fees in amounts that exceed the total amount remitted or owed to USAC. Due to the difference between the total amounts collected and the amounts that have been or will be remitted to USAC, Airfone also owes refunds to its customers. We believe that the aggregate amount of any liability to Airfone customers for the period from January 1, 2008 through April 10, 2013 is approximately $2.5 million. In addition, Airfone may be subject to enforcement action by the FCC in connection with the delayed payments to USAC, which could result in, among other things, interest payments, penalties and fines. We have worked with LiveTV to determine and estimate the amounts due to USAC and Airfone’s customers and have recorded an accrual and a related receivable from LiveTV for our best estimate of the potential liability related to these matters. In accordance with the terms of the purchase agreement, LiveTV has and is expected to continue to reimburse us for any amounts due to USAC and Airfone’s customers which we pay, and to indemnify us for any additional amounts due to Airfone’s customers, USAC, interest, penalties and fines for which Airfone may be liable.
	The service customer relationships represent the fair value of the Airfone subscriber base we acquired as part of the Airfone acquisition. In previously issued interim financial statements our allocation of the purchase price related to this acquisition was preliminary and we presented a goodwill amount which represented the excess of the purchase price over the fair market value of the identifiable net assets acquired, and was equal to the then estimated liability to the USAC and Airfone’s customers as noted above. We have now gathered sufficient information to determine a final purchase price allocation, and the amount previously reported as goodwill is now reported as part of prepaid and other current assets, based on the finalization of the estimated liability and the clarification with LiveTV as to the responsibility of the parties for payment of the amounts due to USAC and Airfone’s customers related to this liability.

Intangible_Assets

Intangible Assets	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Intangible Assets	'
	8. Intangible Assets
	Our intangible assets are comprised of indefinite- and finite-lived intangible assets. We own the rights to both 3MHz of ATG spectrum in the nationwide 800 MHz Commercial Air-Ground Radiotelephone band (the “3 MHz FCC License”), which is used in the operation of our ATG network, and the 1 MHz FCC License acquired in the Airfone Acquisition. Together we refer to the 3 MHz FCC License and the 1 MHz FCC License as the “FCC Licenses”. While the FCC Licenses were issued with 10-year terms, such licenses are subject to renewal by the FCC, and renewals of licenses held by others have occurred routinely and at nominal cost. Moreover, we have determined that there are currently no legal, regulatory, contractual, competitive, economic, or other factors that limit the useful life of the FCC Licenses. As a result, the FCC Licenses are treated as indefinite-lived intangible assets which we do not amortize. We reevaluate the useful life of the FCC Licenses each year to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support an indefinite useful life. Our annual impairment assessment of the FCC Licenses for 2013, 2012, and 2011 indicated no impairment.
	We amortize our finite-lived intangible assets on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.
	Our software relates to the development of internal use software which is used to run our network and support our service offerings. Software also includes software embedded in the equipment that we sell to our customers within the BA segment.
	As of December 31 2013 and 2012, our goodwill balance, all of which related to our BA segment, was $0.6 million.
	Our intangible assets, other than goodwill, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands, except for weighted average remaining useful life):
			Weighted		As of December 31, 2013							As of December 31, 2012
			Average
			Remaining
			Useful Life
			(in years)		Gross		Accumulated			Net		Gross		Accumulated			Net
					Carrying		Amortization			Carrying		Carrying		Amortization			Carrying
					Amount					Amount		Amount					Amount
	Amortized intangible assets:
	Software			3.2	$	58,689	$	(27,558	)	$	31,131	$	58,765	$	(35,263	)	$	23,502
	Patents			5.6		500		—			500		—		—			—
	Trademark/trade name (1)			4.3		3,072		(2,885	)		187		2,852		(2,852	)		—
	Aircell Axxess technology			1.1		4,129		(3,827	)		302		4,129		(3,549	)		580
	OEM and dealer relationships			3.1		6,724		(4,650	)		2,074		6,724		(3,978	)		2,746
	Service customer relationships (1)			6.3		8,081		(1,710	)		6,371		981		(981	)		—
	Total amortized intangible assets					81,195		(40,630	)		40,565		73,451		(46,623	)		26,828
	Unamortized intangible assets:
	FCC Licenses (1)					32,283		—			32,283		31,319		—			31,319
	Total intangible assets				$	113,478	$	(40,630	)	$	72,848	$	104,770	$	(46,623	)	$	58,147
	-1	See Note 7, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.
	Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $9.2 million, $7.4 million and $10.1 million, respectively.
	Amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,		Amortization
			Expense
	2014		$	11,730
	2015		$	9,714
	2016		$	7,926
	2017		$	4,023
	2018		$	2,635
	Thereafter		$	4,537
	Actual future amortization expense could differ from the estimated amount as the result of future investments and other factors.

LongTerm_Debt_and_Other_Liabil

Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities	'
	9. Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities
	Senior Debt—On June 21, 2012, we borrowed $135.0 million under a five-year term loan that matures on June 21, 2017 (the “Senior Term Facility”), the terms of which are set forth in a Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2012 among Gogo Intermediate Holdings LLC (“GIH”), Aircell Business Aviation Services LLC (“ABAS”), and Gogo LLC, as borrowers, the lenders named therein, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. We received net cash proceeds of $125.4 million following the payment of debt issuance fees of $9.6 million under the Senior Term Facility. On April 4, 2013, we borrowed $113.0 million (the “New Borrowing”) under an amendment to the Credit Agreement governing the Senior Term Facility. We refer to our existing Senior Term Facility, as so amended, as the “Amended Senior Term Facility.” The amendment increased the size of the Senior Term Facility from $135.0 million to $248.0 million. We received net cash proceeds from the New Borrowing of $103.0 million following the payment of debt issuance fees of $10.0 million. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012 we had $240.8 million and $133.3 million, respectively, outstanding under the Amended Senior Term Facility. We are using the proceeds from the Amended Senior Term Facility for general corporate purposes, including upgrading certain fleets of certain airline partners to ATG-4 technology and funding our international expansion to the extent permitted by the Amended Senior Term Facility.
	GIH, Gogo LLC and ABAS are the borrowers under the Amended Senior Term Facility. The obligations of the borrowers under the Amended Senior Term Facility are guaranteed by each of our direct and indirect wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, in each case to the extent otherwise permitted by applicable law, regulation and contractual provision. In addition, the Amended Senior Term Facility and the guarantees thereunder are secured by security interests in (i) all of the capital stock of all direct domestic subsidiaries owned by the borrowers and the guarantors, (ii) 65% of the capital stock of each direct foreign subsidiary owned by any borrower or any guarantor (foreign subsidiary holding companies are deemed to be foreign subsidiaries), and (iii) substantially all other tangible and intangible assets (including intellectual property) of the borrowers and the guarantors, subject in each case to certain exceptions.
	The Amended Senior Term Facility contains customary representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants, and events of default. If an event of default occurs and so long as such event of default is continuing, the amounts outstanding will accrue interest at an increased rate and payments of such outstanding amounts could be accelerated. We do not have maintenance covenants under the terms of the Amended Senior Term Facility but as part of its affirmative covenants, we need to maintain a minimum cash balance of $5.0 million and comply with certain reporting and notice requirements and periodic financial statement reporting on a borrowing entity basis. As of December 31, 2013, we were in compliance with the cash balance, reporting and notice requirements and no event of default had occurred.
	The Amended Senior Term Facility contains covenants that, among other things, limit or restrict the ability of the borrowers and the guarantors to dispose of assets, incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, prepay certain subordinated indebtedness, modify certain terms of certain material agreements (including intercompany agreements), make dividends and other restricted payments, issue additional preferred stock, make investments (including a cap on investments in our international business during the term of the Amended Senior Term Facility), incur or maintain liens, make capital expenditures, engage in mergers and certain other fundamental changes, engage in certain transactions with affiliates, enter into sale-leaseback arrangements or enter into agreements restricting dividends or other distributions by subsidiaries to the borrowers or any of their subsidiaries.  As of December 31, 2013, these covenants restricted the borrowers from distributing $102 million of their net assets to our Parent Company, Gogo Inc.
	Under the Amended Senior Term Facility, principal payments of $1.6 million are due on the last day of each calendar quarter through March 31, 2017, with the remaining unpaid principal amount of the loan due and payable at maturity on June 21, 2017.
	The loans outstanding under the Amended Senior Term Facility bear interest, at our option, either: (i) at the base rate, which is defined as the highest of (a) the rate of interest published by the Wall Street Journal, from time to time, as the prime rate, (b)  1⁄2 of 1% per annum above the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions, (c) an adjusted London inter-bank offered rate (adjusted for statutory reserve requirements and with a rate floor of 1.5%) (“LIBO Rate”) for an interest period of one month plus 1.00% and (d) 2.50% or (ii) at the LIBO Rate plus, in each case, an applicable margin. The applicable margin is 9.75% per annum with respect to any LIBO Rate loan and 8.75% per annum with respect to any base rate loan. As of December 31, 2013, the interest rate on the Amended Senior Term Facility was 11.25% and all loans were outstanding as three month LIBOR loans.
	We paid $9.6 million of loan origination fees and financing costs related to the Senior Term Facility, all of which have been accounted for as deferred financing costs. We paid $10.0 million of additional fees related to the New Borrowing. As the New Borrowing was treated as a modified loan, we recorded $7.0 million of fees paid directly to the lenders as deferred financing costs. The remaining $3.0 million of fees incurred but not paid directly to the lenders in connection with the New Borrowing were expensed to interest expense. See Note 10, “Interest Costs” for additional details. Total amortization expense of the deferred financing costs was $2.8 million and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Amortization expense is included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the balance of unamortized deferred financing costs related to the Amended Senior Term Facility was $13.0 million and $8.8 million, respectively, and was included as a separate line in our consolidated balance sheets.
	As of December 31, 2013, the mandatory principal payments under the Amended Senior Term Facility for each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,		Credit
			Facility
	2014		$	6,200
	2015		$	6,200
	2016		$	6,200
	2017		$	222,219
	Thereafter		$	—
	The credit agreement executed in connection with our Amended Senior Term Facility provides for mandatory prepayments and the ability to make optional prepayments. The credit agreement provides that any mandatory prepayments will be calculated based on the excess cash flows (as defined in the credit agreement) of ABAS only. This calculation is made at the end of each fiscal year beginning with the year ended December 31, 2013, with any required payments due no later than the 95th day following the end of the applicable fiscal year, and is based on ABAS’ debt leverage ratio. A leverage ratio of 3.25x or higher will trigger a mandatory prepayment of 50% of excess cash flows for the year, a leverage ratio of 2.0x or higher but less than 3.25x will trigger a mandatory prepayment of 25% of excess cash flows for the year and a leverage ratio of less than 2.0x will not trigger any mandatory prepayment of excess cash flows. The amount of any required mandatory prepayments will be reduced by the amount of any optional prepayments made during the applicable fiscal year. In the event actual results or a change in estimates trigger the mandatory prepayment, such prepayment amount will be reclassified from non-current liabilities to current liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. We had no such mandatory prepayment as of December 31, 2013.
	We may voluntarily prepay the loans subject to conditions, prices and premiums as follows:
		(i)	On and prior to June 20, 2015 we may prepay the loans at par plus (a) 3.0% of the principal amount of the loans prepaid and b) a “make whole” premium based on a discounted present value of the interest and principal payments due on such prepaid loans through June 20, 2015;
		(ii)	On and after June 21, 2015 but prior to June 21, 2016, we may prepay the loans at par plus 3.0% of the principal amount of loans prepaid;
		(iii)	On and after June 21, 2016, we may prepay the loans at par.
	Alaska Financing—On November 2, 2010, we entered into a $4.1 million standby credit facility agreement (the “Alaska Facility”) with Alaska Airlines, Inc. (“Alaska Airlines”) to finance the construction of ATG network sites in Alaska. The Alaska Facility has a six-year term and an interest rate of 10% per annum, compounded and payable quarterly. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we had $1.5 million and $2.0 million, respectively, outstanding under the Alaska Facility. No further draws can be made under the Alaska Facility and principal amounts outstanding are payable in quarterly installments over a five-year period commencing on November 12, 2011, or can be prepaid at any time without premium or penalty at our option. The Alaska Facility is secured by a first-priority interest in our cell tower leases and other personal property located at the cell sites in Alaska.
	The Alaska Facility contains representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants customary for financings of this type. There are no financial covenants; however, other covenants include limitations on liens on the collateral assets as well as mergers, consolidations, and similar fundamental corporate events, and a requirement that we continue as the in-flight connectivity service provider to Alaska Airlines.
	Pursuant to our equipment and revenue agreement with Alaska Airlines, the share of service revenue (“revenue share”) we pay Alaska Airlines increases as long as any amounts are outstanding under the Alaska Facility. Alaska Airlines revenue share increases by 300 basis points for service revenue generated on flights that use the ATG network in Alaska, until the principal and all accrued interest is paid in full. This revenue share was less than $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 and is included in our consolidated statements of operations as part of our interest expense.
	Principal payments under the Alaska Facility in each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,		Alaska
			Facility
	2014		$	504
	2015		$	504
	2016		$	504
	Thereafter		$	—
	Letters of Credit—We maintain several letters of credit totaling $5.4 million and $0.9 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Certain of the letters of credit require us to maintain restricted cash accounts in a similar amount, and are issued for the benefit of the landlords at our office locations in Itasca, Illinois; Bensenville, Illinois; Broomfield, Colorado; and our future office location in Chicago, Illinois.

Interest_Costs

Interest Costs	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Text Block [Abstract]	'
Interest Costs	'
	10. Interest Costs
	We capitalize a portion of our interest on funds borrowed during the active construction period of major capital projects. Capitalized interest is added to the cost of the underlying asset and amortized over the useful lives of the assets. We commenced capitalizing interest on major capital projects when we entered into the Senior Term Facility on June 21, 2012.
	The following is a summary of our interest costs for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):
			For the Years Ended December 31,
			2013		2012		2011
	Interest expense		$	23,458	$	8,109	$	280
	Amortization of deferred financing costs			2,832		804		—
	Non lender fees (1)			2,982		—		—
	Interest costs charged to expense			29,272		8,913		280
	Interest costs capitalized to property and equipment			872		200		—
	Interest costs capitalized to software			671		129		—
	Total interest costs		$	30,815	$	9,242	$	280
	-1	Primarily consists of fees paid to legal counsel and underwriters in connection with the New Borrowing.

Business_Segments_and_Major_Cu

Business Segments and Major Customers	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract]	'
Business Segments and Major Customers	'
	11. Business Segments and Major Customers
	Effective January 1, 2013, we realigned our business into the following three segments: Commercial Aviation North America, or “CA-NA,” Commercial Aviation Rest of World, or “CA-ROW,” and Business Aviation, or “BA”. We previously reported three segments: commercial aviation or CA, International, and BA. The realignment is intended to better align our reporting structure to the way in which we manage our business. The BA segment was not impacted by the realignment. Prior period segment disclosures have been restated to conform to the current year presentation.
	CA-NA Segment: Our CA-NA segment provides in-flight connectivity and wireless digital entertainment solutions to commercial airline passengers flying routes that generally begin and end within North America, which for this purpose includes the continental United States (including Alaska), Canada and Mexico.
	CA-ROW Segment: Through our CA-ROW segment we intend to provide in-flight connectivity and wireless digital entertainment solutions to passengers flying on foreign-based commercial airlines and international flights of North American based commercial airlines. This includes routes that begin and/or end outside of North America (as defined above) for which our international service will be provided. Our CA-ROW business is in the start-up phase as we initiated our international expansion efforts in the first quarter of 2012.
	BA Segment: Our BA business provides equipment for in-flight connectivity along with voice and data services to the business aviation market. BA services include Gogo Biz, our in-flight broadband service that utilizes both our ATG network and our ATG spectrum, and satellite-based voice and data services through strategic alliances with satellite companies. Customers include business aircraft manufacturers, owners, and operators, as well as government and military entities.
	The accounting policies of the operating segments are the same as those described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.” Transactions between segments are eliminated in consolidation. There are no revenue transactions between segments. We currently do not generate a significant amount of foreign revenue. We do not segregate assets between segments for internal reporting. Therefore, asset-related information has not been presented.
	Management evaluates performance and allocates resources to each segment based on segment profit (loss), which is calculated internally as net income (loss) attributable to common stock before interest expense, interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and certain non-cash charges (including amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives, stock compensation expense, write off of deferred equity financing costs, and, for periods prior to the IPO, fair value derivative adjustments, Class A and Class B Senior Convertible Preferred Stock Return, and accretion of preferred stock). Segment profit (loss) is a measure of performance reported to the chief operating decision maker for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to the segments and evaluating segment performance. In addition, segment profit (loss) is included herein in conformity with ASC 280-10, Segment Reporting. Management believes that segment profit (loss) provides useful information for analyzing and evaluating the underlying operating results of each segment. However, segment profit (loss) should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) attributable to common stock or other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, our computation of segment profit (loss) may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures computed by other companies.
	Information regarding our reportable segments is as follows (in thousands):
			For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
			CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA			Total
	Service revenue		$	196,732		$	1,392		$	52,257		$	250,381
	Equipment revenue			2,336			168			75,239			77,743
	Total revenue		$	199,068		$	1,560		$	127,496		$	328,124
	Segment profit (loss)		$	(1,328	)	$	(41,004	)	$	50,721		$	8,389
			For the Year Ended December 31, 2012
			CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA			Total
	Service revenue		$	132,607		$	—		$	34,460		$	167,067
	Equipment revenue			1,833			670			63,945			66,448
	Total revenue		$	134,440		$	670		$	98,405		$	233,515
	Segment profit (loss)		$	(12,211	)	$	(14,261	)	$	35,816		$	9,344
			For the Year Ended December 31, 2011
			CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA			Total
	Service revenue		$	83,421		$	—		$	20,497		$	103,918
	Equipment revenue			2,539			—			53,699			56,238
	Total revenue		$	85,960		$	—		$	74,196		$	160,156
	Segment profit (loss)		$	(25,820	)	$	—		$	25,008		$	(812	)
	A reconciliation of segment profit (loss) to the relevant consolidated amounts is as follows (in thousands):
			For the Years Ended December 31,
			2013			2012			2011
	CA-NA segment loss (1)		$	(1,328	)	$	(12,211	)	$	(25,820	)
	CA-ROW segment loss (1)			(41,004	)		(14,261	)		—
	BA segment profit (1)			50,721			35,816			25,008
	Total segment profit (loss)			8,389			9,344			(812	)
	Interest income			64			77			72
	Interest expense			(29,272	)		(8,913	)		(280	)
	Depreciation and amortization			(55,509	)		(36,907	)		(32,673	)
	Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives (2)			8,074			3,671			1,456
	Stock compensation expense			(5,621	)		(3,545	)		(1,795	)
	Fair value derivative adjustments			(36,305	)		9,640			58,740
	Write off of deferred equity financing costs			—			(5,023	)		—
	Other income			(2	)		(22	)		(40	)
	Income (loss) before income taxes		$	(110,182	)	$	(31,678	)	$	24,668
	-1	Starting in January 2012 we began allocating to our BA and CA-ROW segments certain corporate operating expenses included in the CA-NA segment but shared by our CA-NA, BA and CA-ROW segments. We did not allocate these expenses prior to January 2012 because they were not deemed material to the CA-NA or BA segment or our consolidated results.
	-2	Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentive only relates to our CA-NA segment. See Note 15, “Leases” for further information.
	Major Customers and Airline Partnerships—During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, no customer accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated revenue. No customer accounted for more than 10% of consolidated accounts receivable as of December 31, 2013. In CA-NA, one party made up approximately 15% of consolidated accounts receivable as of December 31, 2012.
	In our CA-NA segment, revenue from passengers using the Gogo service while flying on aircraft operated by Delta Air Lines and American Airlines accounted for approximately 41%, 39% and 34% of consolidated revenue for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

ShareBased_Compensation

Share-Based Compensation	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]	'
Share-Based Compensation	'
	12. Share-Based Compensation
	As of December 31, 2013, we maintained two share-based employee compensation plans: Gogo Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2013 Omnibus Plan”), and The Aircell Holdings Inc. Stock Option Plan (the “2010 Plan”), (the “Stock Plans”). Our Stock Plans provide for the grant of both equity and cash awards, including non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards (shares and units), restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), deferred share units (“DSUs”) and other stock-based awards to eligible employees, directors and consultants, as determined by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors.
	Under the Stock Plans, 11,956,570 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance. As of December 31, 2013, 6,587,390 shares remained available for grant under our Stock Plans.
	The contractual life of granted options is 10 years. All options that are unvested as of the date on which a recipient’s employment terminates, as well as vested options that are not exercised within a prescribed period following termination, are forfeited and become available for future grants. Options granted to date include options that a) vest 20% upon grant with the remainder vesting in equal annual increments over a four-year period, b) vest over a four-year period with 25% vesting at the end of each year or c) vest on the date of grant for options granted to directors. Beginning in 2013 we granted RSUs that vest in equal annual increments over a four-year period. Vested RSUs will be settled, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee, in shares of our common stock or in cash equal to the value of the applicable number of shares of our common stock on the vesting date. We also granted directors DSUs that were vested at grant. DSUs will be settled in shares of our common stock 90 days after the director ceases to serve as a director.
	A summary of stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2013, is as follows:
		Number of			Weighted			Weighted			Aggregate
		Options			Average			Average			Intrinsic
					Exercise			Remaining			Value
					Price Per			Contractual
					Share			Life
	Options outstanding—January 1, 2013		4,165,835		$	12.05			8.03		$	23,519
	Granted		1,344,714		$	19.01
	Exercised		(121,556	)	$	10.74
	Forfeited		(153,133	)	$	12.31
	Expired		(72,616	)	$	11.24
	Options outstanding—December 31, 2013		5,163,244		$	13.89			7.5		$	56,502
	Options exercisable—December 31, 2013		2,745,494		$	11.08			6.62		$	37,724
	Options vested and expected to vest—December 31, 2013		5,033,649		$	13.77			7.46		$	55,682
	There were no stock options exercised prior to 2013. As of December 31, 2013, total unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested stock options were approximately $14.7 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.6 years. The total grant date fair value of stock options vested in 2013, 2012 and 2011 was approximately $4.1 million, $3.2 million, and $1.6 million, respectively.
	We estimate the fair value of stock options using the BlackScholes option-pricing model. Weighted average assumptions used and weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, were as follows:
		2013			2012			2011
	Approximate risk-free interest rate		1.3	%		1	%		1.2	%
	Average expected life		6.22-years			6.25-years			6.25-years
	Dividend yield		N/A			N/A			N/A
	Volatility		44.1	%		44.5	%		44.7	%
	Weighted average grant date fair value of common stock underlying options granted	$	19		$	16.27		$	14.23
	Weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted	$	8.37		$	6.76		$	5.56
	The risk-free interest rate assumptions were based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve for the term that mirrored the expected term in effect at the time of grant. The expected life of our stock options was determined based upon a simplified assumption that the stock options will be exercised evenly from vesting to expiration, as we do not have sufficient historical exercise data to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate the expected life. The dividend yield was based on expected dividends at the time of grant. The expected volatility was based on calculated enterprise value volatilities for publicly traded companies in the same industry and general stage of development.
	The following table summarizes the activities for our unvested RSUs and DSUs for the year ended December 31, 2013:
		Number of			Weighted
		Underlying			Average
		Shares			Grant Date
					Fair Value
	Unvested—January 1, 2013		—		$	—
	Granted		45,611		$	26.26
	Vested		(10,331	)	$	24.87
	Forfeited/canceled		—		$	—
	Unvested—December 31, 2013		35,280		$	26.67
	Expected to vest after December 31, 2013		31,850
	As of December 31, 2013, there was $0.9 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested employee RSUs. This amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.9 years. The total grant date fair value of RSUs and DSUs vested in 2013 was approximately $0.3 million. To the extent the actual forfeiture rate differs from what we have estimated, stock-based compensation related to these awards will be different from our expectations.
	2007 Plan—ACM is a separate limited liability company (LLC) established solely for the purpose of granting ownership interests to members of management. The ownership interests granted via ACM represents a net profits interests plan and are referred to as the 2007 Plan. Prior to the distribution discussed below, ACM owned approximately 821,411 shares of our common stock. Each outstanding ACM unit represented a proportionate interest in the 821,411 shares of common stock, or 0.048413 shares of common stock per ACM unit. The 2007 Plan was initiated on March 1, 2007, and the initial grants under the 2007 Plan were deemed to occur on that date for accounting purposes, although more than 90% of the ACM units were committed prior to March 1, 2007. The initial grants had vesting periods that began at various dates between July 1, 2006 and March 1, 2007, based on the grantees’ employment dates. In accordance with the tax regulations associated with net profits interests plans, a plan participant who receives an ACM Unit only participates in the equity value created after the issuance of the ACM Unit to the participant. Approximately 13.8 million ACM units were granted with a vesting period commencing on July 1, 2006, and participate in the full value of the ACM unit. No cash is paid by the employee to us upon vesting of the ACM unit.
	ACM units generally vested over a four-year period, and upon termination of employment, any unvested ACM units held by the participant were forfeited. As a practice, forfeited units become available for future grants. At December 31, 2012, 396,640 ACM units were authorized and available for grant. On December 18, 2013, the remaining ACM units previously forfeited and available to be granted, were granted to existing ACM unit holders still employed by or serving as a director in amounts determined by the Compensation Committee. As a result of this grant we recognized stock compensation expense of $0.5 million.
	On December 18, 2013, ACM distributed 821,346 shares of our common stock owned by ACM, with each of the members of ACM receiving a proportionate distribution of our common stock based on the number of vested units they held. An immaterial amount of shares, representing the individual members’ interests in fractional shares, were paid in cash at the time of distribution. Subsequently these shares were canceled. ACM will be dissolved in 2014.
	ESPP—In June 2013 the Board of Directors stockholders approved the ESPP, which became effective on June 26, 2013. The ESPP allows eligible employees to purchase a limited number of shares of common stock during pre-specified offering periods at a discount established by the Compensation Committee not to exceed 15% of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning or end of the offering period (whichever is lower). Under the ESPP, 424,594 shares were reserved for issuance. No shares were issued under the ESPP in 2013.
	Our share-based compensation expense totaled $5.6 million, $3.5 million and $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.

Employee_Retirement_and_Postre

Employee Retirement and Postretirement Benefits	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
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Employee Retirement and Postretirement Benefits	'
	13. Employee Retirement and Postretirement Benefits
	401(k) Plan—Under our 401(k) plan, all employees who are eligible to participate are entitled to make tax-deferred contributions of up to 15% of annual compensation, subject to Internal Revenue Service limitations. We match 100% of the employee’s first 4% of contributions made, subject to annual limitations. Our matching contributions were $2.2 million, $1.6 million and $0.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
	Bonus Arrangements—We have not paid certain cash bonuses under a discretionary incentive plan related to 2008 performance. We did commit, however, to paying these bonuses in the future if certain conditions were satisfied. We have committed to pay bonuses to CA-NA employees at and above the Vice President level if and when we achieve positive cash flow for one fiscal quarter. In general, to be eligible for such bonus payouts, the employee must remain employed by us on the payment date. The amount of the contingent payout is approximately $0.6 million in the aggregate, but such amount has not been accrued as of December 31, 2013, as the payout cannot be deemed probable at this time.
	Director Compensation—In July 2013, our Board of Directors established a compensation plan for non-employee directors. The plan provides for annual compensation of $225,000 for the non-employee Chairman of the Board and $150,000 for all other non-employee directors. Such compensation is to be paid 1/3 in cash, 1/3 in stock options and 1/3 in DSUs. The plan also provides for additional annual cash compensation of $20,000 to the chair of the Audit Committee, $10,000 to the chair of the Compensation Committee and $5,000 to the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. The plan provides for quarterly payments.

Income_Tax

Income Tax	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Income Tax	'
	14. Income Tax
	For financial reporting purposes, income (loss) before income taxes included the following components for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 (in thousands):
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	United States	$	(108,901	)	$	(31,243	)	$	24,668
	Foreign		(1,281	)		(435	)		—
	Income (loss) before income taxes	$	(110,182	)	$	(31,678	)	$	24,668
	Significant components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, are as follows (in thousands):
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Current:
	Federal	$	—		$	—		$	—
	State		286			233			117
			286			233			117
	Deferred:
	Federal		758			742			872
	State		63			61			64
			821			803			936
	Total	$	1,107		$	1,036		$	1,053
	The provision for income taxes differs from income taxes computed at the federal statutory tax rates for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 as a result of the following items:
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Federal statutory rate		35	%		35	%		35	%
	Effect of:
	State income taxes-net of federal tax benefit		1.7			2.8			2.9
	Fair value derivative adjustments		(11.7	)		10.7			(90.2	)
	Change in valuation allowance		(25.7	)		(45.6	)		56.6
	Write off of deferred equity financing costs		—			(5.6	)		—
	Other		(0.3	)		(0.6	)		—
	Effective tax rate		(1.0	)%		(3.3	)%		4.3	%
	Components of the net deferred income tax asset as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows (in thousands):
		December 31,			December 31,
		2013			2012
	Deferred income tax assets:
	Compensation accruals	$	6,021		$	3,544
	Stock options		4,041			2,595
	Inventory		243			197
	Warranty reserves		333			330
	Deferred rent		1,795			1,804
	Deferred revenue		22,592			17,430
	Federal net operating loss (NOL)		63,731			41,556
	State NOL		5,228			3,435
	UNICAP adjustment		3,611			3,333
	Finite-lived intangible assets		19,487			21,018
	Other		2,210			1,817
	Total deferred income tax assets		129,292			97,059
	Deferred income tax liabilities:
	Fixed assets		(13,141	)		(8,514	)
	Indefinite-lived intangible assets		(5,770	)		(4,949	)
	Other		(111	)		(63	)
	Total deferred income tax liabilities		(19,022	)		(13,526	)
	Total deferred income tax		110,270			83,533
	Valuation allowance		(116,040	)		(88,482	)
	Net deferred income tax liability	$	(5,770	)	$	(4,949	)
	We assess the realizability of the deferred tax assets by considering whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets would not be realized through the generation of future taxable income. We generated net losses in fiscal years 2013, 2012, and 2011, which means we are in a domestic three-year cumulative loss position. As a result of this and other assessments in fiscal 2013, we concluded that a full valuation allowance is required for all deferred tax assets and liabilities except for deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite-lived intangible assets.
	As of December 31, 2013, the federal net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforward amount was approximately $182 million and the state NOL carryforward amount was approximately $107 million. The federal NOLs begin to expire in 2031. The state NOLs expire in various tax years beginning in 2016.
	Utilization of our NOL and tax credit carryforwards may be subject to substantial annual limitations due to the ownership change limitations provided by the Internal Revenue Code and similar state provisions. Such annual limitations could result in the expiration of the NOL and tax credit carryforwards before their utilization. The events that may cause ownership changes include, but are not limited to, a cumulative stock ownership change of greater than 50% over a three-year period.
	We are subject to taxation in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and various states. With few exceptions, as of December 31, 2013, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state, local or foreign examinations by tax authorities for years before 2010.
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Unrecognized tax benefits—January 1	$	223		$	—		$	—
	Additions based on tax positions related to the prior year		—			223			—
	Reductions based on tax positions related to the prior year		(223	)		—			—
Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31	$	—		$	223		$	—
We record penalties and interest relating to uncertain tax positions in the income tax provision line item in the consolidated statement of operations. No penalties or interest related to uncertain tax positions were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we did not have a liability recorded for interest or potential penalties.
We do not expect there will be a change in the unrecognized tax benefits within the next 12 months.
On September 13, 2013, the IRS issued final regulations and re-proposed regulations that provide guidance with respect to (i) the treatment of material and supplies, (ii) capitalization of amounts paid to acquire or produce tangible property, (iii) the determination of whether an expenditure with respect to tangible property is a deductible repair or a capital expenditure and (iv) dispositions of MACRS property. The final regulations will be effective for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. We are reviewing the regulations, but we do not believe there will be a material impact on our results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Leases

Leases	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
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Leases	'
	15. Leases
	Arrangements with Commercial Airlines—Pursuant to connectivity agreements with our airline partners, we place our equipment on commercial aircraft operated by the airlines for the purpose of delivering the Gogo® service to passengers on the aircraft. Depending on the agreement, we may be responsible for the costs of installing and deinstalling the equipment. Under one type of connectivity agreement we maintain legal title to our equipment; however, under the second, more prevalent type of connectivity agreement our airline partners make an upfront payment and take legal title to such equipment. The majority of the equipment transactions where legal title transfers are not deemed to be sales transactions for accounting purposes because the risks and rewards of ownership are not fully transferred due to our continuing involvement with the equipment, the length of the term of our agreements with the airlines and restrictions in the agreements regarding the airlines’ use of the equipment. We account for these equipment transactions as operating leases of space for our equipment on the aircraft. The assets are recorded as airborne equipment on our consolidated balance sheets, as noted in Note 6, “Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts.” Any upfront equipment payments are accounted for as a lease incentive and recorded as deferred airborne lease incentives on our consolidated balance sheets and are recognized as a reduction of the cost of service revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement with the airline. We recognized $8.1 million, $3.7 million and $1.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively, as a reduction to our cost of service revenue in our consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2013, deferred airborne lease incentives of $9.0 million and $53.0 million are included in current and non-current liabilities, respectively, in our consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2012, deferred airborne lease incentives of $5.9 million and $40.0 million are included in current and non-current liabilities, respectively, in our consolidated balance sheet.
	The revenue share paid to the airlines represents an operating lease payment and is deemed to be contingent rental payments, as the payments due to each airline are based on a percentage of our CA-NA service revenue generated from that airline’s passengers, which is unknown until realized. As such, we cannot estimate the lease payments due to an airline at the commencement of our contract with such airline. Rental expense related to the arrangements with commercial airlines included in cost of service revenue is primarily comprised of these revenue share payments offset by the amortization of the deferred airborne lease incentives discussed above. Such rental expenses totaled a net charge of $33.3 million, $21.1 million and $8.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.
	Leases and Cell Site Contracts—We have lease agreements relating to certain facilities and equipment, which are considered operating leases. Rent expense for such operating leases was $5.7 million, $5.0 million, and $4.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively. Additionally, we have operating leases with wireless service providers for tower space and base station capacity on a volume usage basis (“cell site leases”), some of which provide for minimum annual payments. Our cell site leases generally provide for an initial noncancelable term of up to five years with up to four five-year renewal options. Total cell site rental expense was $7.6 million, $6.2 million, and $5.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.
	Annual future minimum obligations for operating leases for each of the next five years and thereafter, other than the arrangements we have with our commercial airline partners, as of December 31 2013, are as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,	Operating
		Leases
	2014	$	12,647
	2015	$	16,906
	2016	$	18,175
	2017	$	16,325
	2018	$	13,356
	Thereafter	$	103,509
	Equipment Leases—We lease certain computer and network equipment under capital leases, for which interest has been imputed with an annual interest rate of 10.0%. As of December 31, 2013 the computer equipment leases were classified as part of office equipment, furniture, and fixtures in our consolidated balance sheet at a gross cost of $1.2 million. As of December 31, 2013 the network equipment leases were classified as part of network equipment in our consolidated balance sheet at a gross cost of $3.6 million. Annual future minimum obligations under capital leases for each of the next five years and thereafter, as of December 31, 2013, are as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,	Amortization
		Expense
	2014	$	1,598
	2015		1,427
	2016		1,195
	2017		729
	2018		123
	Thereafter		—
	Total minimum lease payments		5,072
	Less: Amount representing interest		(878	)
	Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	4,194
	The $4.2 million present value of net minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2013 has a current portion of $1.2 million included in current portion of long-term debt and capital leases and a non-current portion of $3.0 million included in other non-current liabilities.

Commitments_and_Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Commitments and Contingencies	'
	16. Commitments and Contingencies
	Contractual Commitments—One contract with one of our airline partners requires us to provide our airline partner with an annual cash rebate of $1.8 million and a reduction in certain charges in June of each year beginning in 2014 and continuing through 2023 if our service is available on a specified number of aircraft in such airline partner’s fleet on the December 31 preceding such date.
	We have an agreement with one of our airborne equipment vendors that committed us to purchase $26.0 million in satellite based antenna and radome systems as of December 31, 2013, of which $8.8 million remains to be paid. The remaining $8.8 million will become payable once the vendor has received Parts Manufacturing Authority, or PMA, from the Federal Aviation Authority and this product can be shipped to us.
	We have agreements with two different vendors to provide us with transponder and teleport satellite services. These agreements vary in length and amount and commit us to purchase transponder and teleport satellite services totaling approximately $27.8 million in 2014, $31.6 million in 2015, $32.9 million in 2016, $31.7 million in 2017, $15.6 million in 2018 and an amount less than $0.1 million in 2019.
	Damages and Penalties—Certain of our agreements with our airline partners may require us to incur additional obligations as a result of the occurrence of specified events, some of which may be out of our control. One contract covering the international fleet of one of our airline partners requires us to provide a credit or refund of up to $25 million to our airline partner if a competing airline installs satellite connectivity systems on a certain number of aircraft in its international fleet more quickly than we install our system on the same number of aircraft in our airline partner’s international fleet. The refund or credit will be eliminated in its entirety if we complete full installation of our airline partner’s international fleet by January 1, 2015, which date may be extended by up to six months as a result of certain excusable delays, and has been and will continue to be reduced proportionately from the maximum amount for every installation that we complete before the competitor achieves the target. The amount of any such refund or credit depends on a number of facts and circumstances, such as the pace at which we install satellite systems on aircraft delivered to us by our airline partner, as well as some that are not under our control, including, but not limited to, the number of installable aircraft made available to us from our airline partner’s international fleet, our competitor’s ability to install an equal or greater quantity of satellite systems on such competing airline’s international fleet and any current or future regulatory delays to the extent they are not excusable delays. Any refund or credit may only be applied toward the purchase of equipment or for a refund of amounts paid by the airline for previously purchased equipment. This contract also obligates us to pay our airline partner a one-time liquidated damages in the range of $1 million to $5 million if we fail to obtain certain regulatory approvals related to the provision of satellite-based services by specified deadlines. One contract with another of our airline partners obligates us to pay our airline partner up to $6 million in penalties and installation and other costs if we fail to receive certain regulatory approvals or fail to begin the installation of equipment related to the provision of satellite-based service by specified deadlines.
	We have entered into a number of agreements with our airline partners that require us to provide a credit or pay liquidated damages to our airline partners on a per aircraft, per day or per hour basis if we are unable to install our equipment on aircraft by specified timelines. The maximum amount of future credits or payments we could be required to make under these agreements is uncertain because the amount of future credits or payments is based on certain variable inputs, including the number of aircraft that are not installed on schedule, the length of time by which the installation is delayed, and the unit of time by which the delay is measured.
	Indemnifications and Guarantees—In accordance with Delaware law, we indemnify our officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at our request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under this indemnification is uncertain and may be unlimited, depending upon circumstances. However, our Directors’ and Officers’ insurance does provide coverage for certain of these losses.
	In the ordinary course of business we may occasionally enter into agreements pursuant to which we may be obligated to pay for the failure of performance of others, such as the use of corporate credit cards issued to employees. Based on historical experience, we believe that any material loss related to such guarantees is remote.
	We have entered into a number of agreements, including our agreements with commercial airlines, pursuant to which we indemnify the other party for losses and expenses suffered or incurred in connection with any patent, copyright, or trademark infringement or misappropriation claim asserted by a third party with respect to our equipment or services. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is uncertain and is typically not limited by the terms of the agreements.
	Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC Litigation—In May 2012, Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against a number of defendants, including Delta Airlines and AirTran Airways, for alleged infringement of several patents in the field of wireless local area networking. AirTran and Delta have requested indemnification from us and under our contracts we are required to indemnify these airlines for defense costs and any damages arising from such litigation to the extent it relates to Gogo technology or services. We intend to seek indemnification, in turn, from certain of our equipment vendors. We have not accrued any liability related to this matter because, due to the early stage of the litigation, the strength of our defenses and a range of possible loss, if any, cannot be determined. The outcome of this matter is inherently uncertain and may have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
	Stewart Litigation—On October 4, 2012 by James Stewart against us filed suit against us in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of putative classes of national purchasers and a subclass of California purchasers of our service, alleging claims for monopolization and exclusive dealing under the federal antitrust laws and California state antitrust and unfair practices laws related to the Gogo service offered through our domestic commercial airline partners. In February 2014, the court denied our motion to dismiss the suit. We have not accrued any liability related to this matter because, due to the early stage of the litigation, the strength of our defenses and a range of possible loss, if any, cannot be determined. Based on currently available information, we believe that we have strong defenses and intend to continue to defend this lawsuit vigorously, but the outcome of this matter is inherently uncertain and may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
	Go Go Tech, Inc. Litigation—On February 12, 2014, Go Go Techs, Inc. filed suit against us in the United States District Court for the Central District of California for alleged infringement of common law trademarks and alleged violations of federal and state unfair competition and other laws. The plaintiff seeks cancellation of our trademark registration for the mark “Gogo” as well as unspecified damages and injunctive relief. We have not accrued any liability related to this matter because, due to the early stage of the litigation, the strength of our defenses and a range of possible loss, if any, cannot be determined. Based on currently available information, we believe we have strong defenses and intend to defend this lawsuit vigorously, but the outcome of this matter is inherently uncertain and may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
	Carucel Investments, LP Litigation—On February 13, 2014, Carucel Investments, LP filed suit against us in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleging infringement of several patents in the field of mobile communication systems and seeking unspecified damages and injunctive relief. We have not accrued any liability related to this matter because, due to the early stage of the litigation, the strength of our defenses and a range of possible loss, if any, cannot be determined. Based on currently available information, we believe we have strong defenses and intend to defend this lawsuit vigorously, but the outcome of this matter is inherently uncertain and may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
	Berkson Litigation—On February 25, 2014, Adam Berkson filed suit against us in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, on behalf of putative classes of national purchasers and a subclass of New York purchasers of our connectivity service, alleging claims that we violated New York and other consumer protection laws, as well as an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, by misleading consumers about recurring charges for our service. The suit seeks unspecified damages. We have not accrued any liability related to this matter because, due to the early stage of the litigation, the strength of our defenses and a range of possible loss, if any, cannot be determined. Based on currently available information, we believe we have strong defenses and intend to defend this lawsuit vigorously, but the outcome of this matter is inherently uncertain and may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Canadian_ATG_Spectrum_License

Canadian ATG Spectrum License	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
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	17. Canadian ATG Spectrum License
	On July 17, 2012, Industry Canada issued to our Canadian subsidiary a subordinate license that allows us to use the Canadian ATG spectrum of which SkySurf Canada Communications Inc. (“SkySurf”) is the primary licensee. On July 24, 2012 we entered into a subordinate license agreement (the “License Agreement”) with SkySurf and on August 14, 2012 the agreement commenced. The License Agreement provides for our exclusive rights to use SkySurf’s ATG spectrum licenses in Canada. The License Agreement has an initial term of ten years commencing on August 14, 2012 and, provided that the primary spectrum license agreement issued by Industry Canada to SkySurf remains in effect, is renewable at our option for an additional ten-year term following the initial expiration and thereafter for a further five-year term. We made a one-time payment of C$3.3 million, which was equivalent to approximately U.S. $3.3 million (“one-time payment”). The renewal of the primary spectrum license will depend upon the satisfaction by Gogo and SkySurf of certain conditions set forth in the license, including, without limitation, a network build-out requirement. The term of the License Agreement, including the initial ten-year term and any renewals, is contingent on the effectiveness and renewal of the primary spectrum license issued by Industry Canada to SkySurf on June 30, 2009, which expires on June 29, 2019. We are to pay SkySurf C$0.1 million, which is equivalent to U.S. $0.1 million, monthly during the initial ten-year term of the License Agreement. Additionally, we are to make variable monthly payments based on the number of cell sites in Canada and the number of Canadian-domiciled commercial aircraft on which we provide our service.
	As the License Agreement is for our exclusive use of a license, which is considered a right to use an intangible asset and thus not property, plant, or equipment, the agreement is not considered a lease for accounting purposes. As such, we recorded the SkySurf one-time payment as an asset in our consolidated balance sheet at the time of payment. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012 the one-time payment had balances of $0.1 million and $0.1 million included in prepaid expenses and other current assets, respectively, and $2.7 million and $3.1 million included in other non-current assets, respectively, in our consolidated balance sheet. The one-time payment is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated term of the agreement of 25-years, which includes estimated renewal periods.
	Amortization expense for the one-time payment for each of the next five years and thereafter is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,	Canadian ATG
		Spectrum
		Amortization
	2014	$	122
	2015	$	122
	2016	$	122
	2017	$	122
	2018	$	122
	Thereafter	$	2,261
	Amortization expense totaled $0.1 million and an amount less than $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
	The monthly payments are expensed as incurred and totaled approximately $1.0 million and $0.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Quarterly_Data_Unaudited

Quarterly Data (Unaudited)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Quarterly Data (Unaudited)	'
	18. Quarterly Data (Unaudited)
	Summarized quarterly financial information is as follows for each quarterly period for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
		For the Three Month Periods Ended
		Mar 31,			June 30,			Sep 30,			Dec 31,
		2013			2013			2013			2013
	Total revenue	$	70,754		$	79,437		$	85,379		$	92,554
	Operating loss		(10,300	)		(9,062	)		(10,898	)		(14,407	)
	Net loss		(14,477	)		(55,989	)		(18,718	)		(22,105	)
	Net loss to attributable to common stock		(32,450	)		(72,578	)		(18,718	)		(22,105	)
	Net loss attributable to common stock per share—basic and diluted	$	(4.77	)	$	(4.98	)	$	(0.22	)	$	(0.26	)
	Weighted average number of shares—basic and diluted		6,802			14,585			84,097			84,230
		For the Three Month Periods Ended
		Mar 31,			June 30,			Sep 30,			Dec 31,
		2012			2012			2012			2012
	Total revenue	$	54,273		$	57,879		$	57,840		$	63,523
	Operating loss		(4,308	)		(4,875	)		(8,632	)		(9,622	)
	Net income (loss)		(3,466	)		2,900			(13,044	)		(19,104	)
	Net loss to attributable to common stock		(17,580	)		(13,089	)		(29,010	)		(35,961	)
	Net loss attributable to common stock per share—basic and diluted	$	(2.59	)	$	(1.93	)	$	(4.27	)	$	(5.29	)
	Weighted average number of shares—basic and diluted		6,798			6,798			6,798			6,798

Parent_Company_Condensed_Finan

Parent Company Condensed Financial Statements	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]	'
Parent Company Condensed Financial Statements	'
	19. Parent Company Condensed Financial Statements
	The following presents the Condensed Financial Statements of our Parent Company on a standalone basis.
	Gogo Inc.
	Condensed Balance Sheets
	(in thousands)
		December 31,			December 31,
		2013			2012
	Assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	173,928		$	—
	Investments and advances with subsidiaries		102,253			173,803
	Total assets	$	276,181		$	173,803
	Liabilities and Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
	Total liabilities	$	5,991		$	5,202
	Total redeemable preferred stock		—			614,378
	Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)		270,190			(445,777	)
	Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$	276,181		$	173,803
	Gogo Inc.
	Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	(in thousands)
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Interest income	$	(18	)	$	—		$	—
	Fair value derivative adjustments		36,305			(9,640	)		(58,740	)
	Write off of deferred equity financing costs		—			5,023			—
	Other expense		—			—			40
	Total other (income) expense		36,287			(4,617	)		(58,700	)
	Income (loss) before income taxes		(36,287	)		4,617			58,700
	Income tax provision		1,107			1,036			1,053
	Equity losses of subsidiaries		73,895			36,295			34,032
	Net income (loss)		(111,289	)		(32,714	)		23,615
	Preferred stock return		(29,277	)		(52,427	)		(31,331	)
	Accretion of preferred stock		(5,285	)		(10,499	)		(10,181	)
	Net loss to attributable to common stock	$	(145,851	)	$	(95,640	)	$	(17,897	)
	Comprehensive income (loss)	$	(111,694	)	$	(32,734	)	$	23,615
	Gogo Inc.
	Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
	(in thousands)
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Net income (loss)	$	(111,289	)	$	(32,714	)	$	23,615
	Fair value derivative adjustments		36,305			(9,640	)		(58,740	)
	Write off of deferred equity financing costs		—			5,023			—
	Subsidiary equity losses		73,895			36,295			34,032
	Other operating activities		910			929			957
	Net cash used in operating activities		(179	)		(107	)		(136	)
	Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities – investments and advances with subsidiaries		2,750			4,347			(54,524	)
	Financing activities:
	Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriter commissions		173,910			—			—
	Proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock		—			—			55,386
	Other financing activities		(2,553	)		(4,255	)		(711	)
	Net cash provided by financing activities		171,357			(4,255	)		54,675
	Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		173,928			(15	)		15
	Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period		—			15			—
	Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period	$	173,928		$	—		$	15

Summary_of_Significant_Account1

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Principles of Consolidation	'
	Principles of Consolidation—The consolidated financial statements include our wholly owned subsidiaries and our affiliate, AC Management LLC (“ACM”). All intercompany transactions and account balances have been eliminated.
	We are the managing member of ACM, an affiliate whose units were owned by members of management. ACM was established for the sole purpose of providing an ownership stake in us to members of management, and ACM’s transactions effectively represent a share-based compensation plan (see Note 12, “Share-Based Compensation,” for further information). Since we are the managing member of ACM and thereby control ACM, including controlling which members of management are granted ownership interests, ACM is included in our consolidated financial statements. ACM distributed all of its shares of our common stock to its members in December 2013 in exchange for their units and will be dissolved in 2014.
Use of Estimates	'
	Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates the significant estimates and bases such estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
	Under agreements with certain of our airline partners to upgrade certain fleets to our new ATG-4 airborne equipment from our existing ATG airborne equipment, on a quarterly basis we reassess the useful lives of the ATG component parts requiring replacement. As a result of our analysis, we shortened the useful lives of these component parts to be consistent with when the aircraft are expected to be upgraded under this retrofit program. The change in estimated useful lives related to this specific retrofit program resulted in a $4.6 million increase in the accelerated depreciation recorded in the year ended December 31, 2013, which increased net loss per basic and fully diluted share by $0.10 for that period. We expect to incur an additional $1.4 million of accelerated depreciation through the first quarter of 2016. The weighted average useful life of our ATG component parts scheduled to be upgraded under this retrofit program before and after the reassessment was seven years and 4.1 years, respectively. The useful lives of ATG component parts not scheduled to be upgraded as part of this retrofit program remained at seven years.
	In October 2013, we announced that we are moving our headquarters and CA business from Itasca, IL to Chicago, IL in May 2015. As a result we shortened the estimated useful lives of the leasehold improvements, office equipment, furniture, and fixtures related to our existing corporate office. The change in the estimated useful lives related to the move resulted in a $0.1 million increase in accelerated depreciation in the year ended December 31, 2013. We expect to incur an additional $1.5 million of accelerated depreciation through May 2015. The weighted average useful life of the leasehold improvements, office equipment, furniture, and fixtures associated with the move before and after the reassessment was nine years and five years, respectively.
Reclassifications	'
	Reclassifications—In order to conform to the current year presentation, certain amounts in our 2012 consolidated balance sheet and for the 2012 and 2011 consolidated statements of cash flows have been reclassified. Specifically, restricted cash of $214 has been combined into prepaid expenses and other current assets, and deferred rent of $4,020 and asset retirement obligations of $2,637 have been combined into other non-current liabilities, in our consolidated balance sheet. Specifically, other non-current assets of ($256) and ($60) and other non-current liabilities of $758 and $190 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, have been combined into other non-current assets and liabilities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. Additionally, deferred rent of $24 and $144 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, have been combined into accrued liabilities, and non-current deferred rent of $515 and ($368) for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, have been combined into other non-current assets and liabilities in our consolidated statements of cash flows.
Significant Risks and Uncertainties	'
	Significant Risks and Uncertainties—Our operations are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including without limitation those associated with continuing losses, fluctuations in operating results, funding expansion, strategic alliances, capacity constraints, managing rapid growth and expansion, relationships with suppliers and distributors, financing arrangement terms that may restrict operations, regulatory issues, competition, the economy, technology trends, and evolving industry standards.
Cash and Cash Equivalents	'
	Cash and Cash Equivalents—We consider short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash, and so near their maturities that there is insignificant risk of changes in value due to any changes in market interest rates, and that have maturities of three months or less when purchased, to be cash equivalents. We continually monitor positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions with which we invest. The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents approximate the fair market value of these assets.
	Certain cash amounts are restricted as to use and are classified outside of cash and cash equivalents. See Note 9, “Long-term Debt and Other Liabilities,” for further details.
Concentrations of Credit Risk	'
	Concentrations of Credit Risk—Financial instruments that potentially subject us to a concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. All cash and cash equivalents are invested in creditworthy financial institutions. We perform ongoing credit evaluations and generally do not require collateral to support receivables.
Income Tax	'
	Income Tax—We use an asset- and liability-based approach in accounting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recorded based on the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities, applying enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the year in which the tax differences are expected to reverse. Valuation allowances are provided against deferred tax assets, which are not likely to be realized. On a regular basis, management evaluates the recoverability of deferred tax assets and the need for a valuation allowance. We also consider the existence of any uncertain tax positions and, as necessary, provide a reserve for any uncertain tax positions at each reporting date.
Inventories	'
	Inventories—Inventories consist primarily of telecommunications systems and parts, and are recorded at the lower of cost (average cost) or market. We evaluate the need for write-downs associated with obsolete, slow-moving, and nonsalable inventory by reviewing net realizable inventory values on a periodic basis.
Property and Equipment and Depreciation	'
	Property and Equipment and Depreciation—Property and equipment, including leasehold improvements, are stated at historical cost, less accumulated depreciation. Network asset inventory and construction in progress, which includes materials, transmission and related equipment, and interest and other costs relating to the construction and development of our network, are not depreciated until they are put into service. Network equipment consists of switching equipment, antennas, base transceiver stations, site preparation costs, and other related equipment used in the operation of our network. Airborne equipment consists of routers, radomes, antennas and related equipment, and accessories installed or to be installed on aircraft. Depreciation expense totaled $46.3 million, $29.5 million and $22.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives for owned assets, which are as follows:
	Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures	3-7 year
	Leasehold improvements	3-13 years
	Airborne equipment	7 years
	Network equipment	5-25 years
	See Note 6, “Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts,” for further details.
	Improvements to leased property are amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the improvement or the term of the related lease. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets	'
	Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets—Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized, but are reviewed for impairment at least annually or whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. We perform our annual impairment tests of goodwill and our indefinite-lived intangible assets during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. We assess the fair value of our FCC licenses using the Greenfield method, an income-based approach. Under the income approach, the fair value of the intangible asset is based on the present value of estimated future cash flows.
	In performing our annual review of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset balances for impairment, we estimate the fair value based primarily on projected future operating results, discounted cash flows, and other assumptions. Projected future operating results and cash flows used for valuation purposes may reflect considerable improvements relative to historical periods with respect to, among other things, revenue growth and operating margins. Although we believe our projected future operating results and cash flows and related estimates regarding fair values are based on reasonable assumptions, projected operating results and cash flows may not always be achieved. The failure to achieve one or more of our assumptions regarding projected operating results and cash flows in the near term or long term could reduce the estimated fair value below carrying value and result in the recognition of an impairment charge. The results of our annual goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment assessments for 2013, 2012, and 2011 indicated no impairment.
	Intangible assets that are deemed to have a finite life are amortized over their useful lives as follows:
	Software	3-8 years
	Patents	4-12 years
	Trademark/trade name	5 years
	Aircell Axxess technology	8 years
	OEM and dealer relationships	10 years
	Service customer relationships	5-7 years
Long-Lived Assets	'
	Long-Lived Assets—We review our long-lived assets to determine potential impairment whenever events indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. We do this by comparing the carrying value of the long-lived assets with the estimated future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the assets, including cash flows from disposition. If we determine an impairment exists, the asset is written down to estimated fair value.
Arrangements with Commercial Airlines	'
	Arrangements with Commercial Airlines—Pursuant to connectivity agreements with our airline partners, we place our equipment on commercial aircraft operated by the airlines for the purpose of delivering the Gogo® service to passengers on the aircraft. Depending on the agreement, we may be responsible for the costs of installing and deinstalling the equipment. Under one type of connectivity agreement we maintain legal title to our equipment; however, under a second, more prevalent type of connectivity agreement our airline partners make an upfront payment and take legal title to such equipment. The majority of the equipment transactions where legal title transfers are not deemed to be sales transactions for accounting purposes because the risks and rewards of ownership are not fully transferred due to our continuing involvement with the equipment, the length of the term of our agreements with the airlines and restrictions in the agreements regarding the airlines’ use of the equipment. We account for these equipment transactions as operating leases of space for our equipment on the aircraft. The assets are recorded as Airborne Equipment on our balance sheets, as noted in the Property and Equipment and Depreciation section above. Any upfront equipment payments are accounted for as lease incentives and recorded as deferred airborne lease incentives on our balance sheets and are recognized as a reduction of the cost of service revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement with the airline.
	Our contracts with each commercial airline also require us to pay the airline a percentage of the service revenues generated from transactions with the airline’s passengers. Such payments are essentially contingent rental payments and are recorded at the same time as the related passenger service revenue and classified as cost of service revenue in the consolidated statements of operations. Certain airlines are also entitled under their contracts to reimbursement by us for certain costs, which are deemed additional rental payments and classified as cost of service revenue in our consolidated statements of operations.
Revenue Recognition	'
	Revenue Recognition—Service revenue for CA-NA generally consists of point-of-sale transactions with airline passengers, which are recognized as the services are provided and billed to customers, typically by credit or debit card. The card processors charge a transaction fee for each card transaction, and such transaction processor payments are classified as cost of service revenue in the consolidated statements of operations and recorded at the same time as the related passenger service revenue.
	CA-NA’s product offerings also include an annual subscription product, multiple access packages (“multi-packs”) and an unlimited monthly access option. Under the multi-packs, revenue is deferred and recognized each time the customer accesses the network. Upon expiration, any amounts that are not used are recognized as revenue. Under the annual subscription product, revenue is recognized evenly throughout the year, regardless of how many times the customer accesses the network. Under the unlimited monthly access option, revenue is recognized evenly throughout the month starting on the date of purchase, regardless of how many times the customer accesses the network. All deferred revenue amounts related to the annual subscription, multi-packs and unlimited monthly access options are classified as a current liability in our consolidated balance sheets.
	CA-NA also derives service revenue under arrangements with various third parties who sponsor free or discounted access to Gogo® service. The sponsorship arrangements vary with respect to duration and the airlines included. For sponsorship arrangements that occur across more than a single calendar month, revenue is deferred and recognized evenly throughout the sponsorship term. Due to the short-term nature of these arrangements, all deferred amounts related to our sponsorships are classified as current liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. Other sources of CA-NA revenue include fees paid by third parties to advertise on or to enable ecommerce transactions through our airborne portal. For advertising or ecommerce arrangements that occur across more than a single calendar month, revenue is deferred and recognized evenly throughout the term of the arrangement.
	We recognize revenue for equipment sales when the following conditions have been satisfied: the equipment has been shipped to the customer, title and risk of loss have transferred to the customer, we have no future obligations for installation or maintenance service, the price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured.
	Service revenue for BA generally consists of monthly recurring and usage fees, which are recognized monthly as the services are provided and billed to customers.
	Our BA segment has multi-element arrangements that include both equipment and service revenue. Revenue is allocated to each element based on the relative fair value of each element. Each element’s allocated revenue is recognized when the revenue recognition criteria for that element have been met. Fair value is generally based on the price charged when each element is sold separately, or vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”). We use VSOE to determine the fair value of the elements pertaining to this arrangement.
	Our CA-ROW business is in the start-up phase as we initiated our international expansion efforts in the first quarter of 2012 and, as of December 31, 2013, this segment has generated minimal revenues.
Research and Development Costs	'
	Research and Development Costs—Expenditures for research and development are charged to expense as incurred and totaled $29.8 million, $23.6 million and $16.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively. Research and development costs are reported as a component of engineering, design and development expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.
Software Development Costs	'
	Software Development Costs—We capitalize costs for network and non-network software developed or obtained for internal use during the application development stage. These costs include purchased software and direct costs associated with the development and configuration of internal use software that supports the operation of our service offerings. These costs are included in intangible assets, net, in our consolidated balance sheets and, when the software is placed in service, are amortized over their estimated useful lives. Costs incurred in the preliminary project and post-implementation stages, as well as maintenance and training costs, are expensed as incurred.
	With respect to software sold as part of our equipment sales, we capitalize software development costs once technological feasibility has been established. Capitalized software costs are amortized on a product-by-product basis, based on the greater of the ratio that current gross revenues for a product bear to the total of current and anticipated future gross revenues for that product or the straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic life of the product.
Warranty	'
	Warranty—Our BA segment provides warranties on parts and labor related to our products. Our warranty terms range from two to five years. Warranty reserves are established for costs that are estimated to be incurred after the sale, delivery, and installation of the products under warranty. The warranty reserves are determined based on known product failures, historical experience, and other available evidence, and are included in accrued liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.
Asset Retirement Obligations	'
	Asset Retirement Obligations—We have certain asset retirement obligations related to contractual commitments to remove our network equipment and other assets from leased cell sites upon termination of the site lease and to remove equipment from aircraft when the service contracts terminate. The asset retirement obligations are classified as a noncurrent liability in our consolidated balance sheets.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments	'
	Fair Value of Financial Instruments—We group financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value into three levels of hierarchy based on the markets in which the assets and liabilities are traded and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value. Our derivative liabilities are the only financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets.
Derivatives	'
	Derivatives—Prior to the IPO, our Class A Preferred Stock and Junior Convertible Preferred Stock (“Junior Preferred Stock”) contained features that were considered embedded derivatives and were required to be bifurcated from the preferred stock and accounted for separately. These embedded derivatives were recognized in our consolidated balance sheets at fair value and the changes in fair values were recognized as noncash activity in earnings each period.
Preferred Stock	'
	Preferred Stock—Prior to the IPO, we elected to accrete changes in the redemption value of our preferred stock over the period from the date of issuance to the earliest redemption date using the effective interest method.
Earnings Per Share	'
	Earnings Per Share—We calculate basic and diluted net loss per share using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period.
	Basic and diluted net loss per share have been calculated using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Our previously outstanding Class A Preferred Stock, Class B Preferred Stock and Junior Preferred Stock were all considered participating securities requiring the two-class method to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share. In periods of a net loss attributable to common stock, the three classes of preferred stock were excluded from the computation of basic earnings per share either due to the fact that they were not required to fund losses or because the redemption amount was not reduced as a result of losses.
	For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 all outstanding shares of common stock underlying stock options and ACM Units were excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding because they were anti-dilutive. For the year ended December 31, 2013, all outstanding shares of common stock underlying deferred stock units and restricted stock units were also excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding because they were anti-dilutive. Additionally, all outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock were excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding for the period prior to their conversion into common stock upon the IPO for the year ended December 31, 2013 and for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 because they were anti-dilutive.
Share-Based Compensation	'
	Share-Based Compensation—Compensation cost is measured and recognized at fair value for all share-based payments, including stock options. For stock options, we estimate fair value using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which requires assumptions, such as expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, expected life, and dividends. Restricted stock units (“RSUs”) are measured based on the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Our share-based compensation expense is recognized net of estimated forfeitures on a straight-line basis over the applicable vesting period, and is included in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. For 2013, 2012, and 2011, we estimated a forfeiture rate when computing share-based compensation expense. We reassess our estimated forfeiture rate periodically based on new facts and circumstances.
Additional Paid-in Capital	'
	Additional Paid-in Capital—For our internal recordkeeping, we categorized our additional paid-in capital account into two categories: additional paid-in capital related to equity share issuances and additional paid-in capital related to share-based compensation. Preferred stock return and accretion of preferred stock were historically recorded as reductions to additional paid-in capital related to equity share issuances. In 2012, due to the level of preferred stock return and accretion of preferred stock recognized, the balance of our additional paid-in capital related to equity share issuances was reduced to zero. Accordingly, during 2013 and 2012 we recorded preferred stock return and accretion of preferred stock as increases to our accumulated deficit. See our consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity (deficit) for further information.
Leases	'
	Leases—In addition to our arrangements with commercial airlines which we account for as leases as noted above, we also lease certain facilities, equipment, cell tower space, and base station capacity. We review each lease agreement to determine if it qualifies as an operating or capital lease.
	For leases that contain predetermined fixed escalations of the minimum rent, we recognize the related rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. We record any difference between the straight-line rent amounts and amounts payable under the lease as deferred rent, in either accrued liabilities or as a separate line within noncurrent liabilities, as appropriate, in our consolidated balance sheets.
	For leases that qualify as a capital lease, we record a capital lease asset and a capital lease obligation at the beginning of lease term at an amount equal to the present value of minimum lease payments during the term of the lease, excluding that portion of the payments that represent executory costs. The capital lease asset is depreciated on a straight-line method over the shorter of its estimated useful life or lease term.
Advertising Costs	'
	Advertising Costs—Costs for advertising are expensed as incurred.
Debt Issuance Costs	'
	Debt Issuance Costs—We deferred loan origination fees and financing costs related to the Senior Term Facility (as defined in Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”), all of which have been accounted for as deferred financing costs. Additionally, we deferred fees paid directly to the lenders related to the New Borrowing (as defined in Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”) as deferred financing costs. The fees incurred but not paid directly to the lenders in connection with the New Borrowing were expensed to interest expense. We amortize these costs over the term of the Amended Senior Term Facility (as defined in Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”) using the effective interest method, and include them in interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations.
Comprehensive Income/Loss	'
	Comprehensive Income (Loss)—Comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is net loss plus unrealized losses on foreign currency translation adjustments.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements	'
	Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements—In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-02, FASB Finalizes New Disclosure Requirements for Reclassification Adjustments Out of AOCI (“ASU 2013-02”). This pronouncement adds new disclosure requirements for items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”). ASU 2013-02 is intended to help entities improve the transparency of changes in other comprehensive income (“OCI”) and items reclassified out of AOCI in their financial statements. It does not amend any existing requirements for reporting net income or OCI in the financial statements. This guidance, which we adopted effective January 1, 2013, did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
	In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Exists (“ASU 2013-11”). This pronouncement provides guidance on financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. ASU 2013-11 is intended to eliminate the diversity in practice in presenting such items. We will adopt this guidance as of January 1, 2014. Adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash

Summary_of_Significant_Account2

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Depreciation of Property and Equipment Estimated Useful Lives	'
	Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives for owned assets, which are as follows:
	Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures	3-7 year
	Leasehold improvements	3-13 years
	Airborne equipment	7 years
	Network equipment	5-25 years
Finite Lived Intangible Asset Useful Life	'
	Intangible assets that are deemed to have a finite life are amortized over their useful lives as follows:
	Software	3-8 years
	Patents	4-12 years
	Trademark/trade name	5 years
	Aircell Axxess technology	8 years
	OEM and dealer relationships	10 years
	Service customer relationships	5-7 years

Common_Stock_and_Preferred_Sto1

Common Stock and Preferred Stock (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Text Block [Abstract]	'
Summary of Preferred Stock Activity	'
	A summary of our preferred stock activity for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, is as follows (in thousands):
		Preferred Stock
		Class A			Class B			Junior			Total
	Balance at January 1, 2011	$	80,278		$	231,559		$	141,548		$	453,385
	January 28, 2011 funding		38,095			—			—			38,095
	June 30, 2011 funding		24,478			—			—			24,478
	Allocation of embedded derivative upon issuance of preferred stock		(6,018	)		—			—			(6,018	)
	Preferred stock return		13,943			17,388			—			31,331
	Accretion of preferred stock		1,913			1,625			6,643			10,181
	Balance at December 31, 2011		152,689			250,572			148,191			551,452
	Preferred stock return		19,505			32,922			—			52,427
	Accretion of preferred stock		2,005			1,541			6,953			10,499
	Balance at December 31, 2012		174,199			285,035			155,144			614,378
	Preferred stock return		11,219			18,058			—			29,277
	Accretion of preferred stock		1,005			763			3,517			5,285
	Conversion to common stock upon the IPO		(186,423	)		(303,856	)		(158,661	)		(648,940	)
	Balance at December 31, 2013	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

Fair_Value_of_Financial_Assets1

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]	'
Summary of Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities on Recurring Basis	'
	The following table presents the fair value reconciliation of Level 3 derivative liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):
		Class A			Junior			Total
		Preferred			Preferred
		Stock			Stock
	Balance at January 1, 2011	$	29,272		$	33,090		$	62,362
	Included in other (income) expense		(25,650	)		(33,090	)		(58,740	)
	Allocation of Class A Preferred Stock upon issuance		6,018			—			6,018
	Balance at December 31, 2011		9,640			—			9,640
	Included in other (income) expense		(9,640	)		—			(9,640	)
	Balance at December 31, 2012	$	—		$	—		$	—

Net_Income_Loss_Per_Share_Tabl

Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'
Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share using Two-Class Method	'
	The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share using the two-class method; however, because of the undistributed losses in every year, the three classes of preferred stock are excluded from the computation of basic earnings per share as undistributed losses are not allocated to preferred shares (in thousands, except per share amounts):
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Net income (loss)	$	(111,289	)	$	(32,714	)	$	23,615
	Less: Preferred stock return		29,277			52,427			31,331
	Less: Accretion of preferred stock		5,285			10,499			10,181
	Undistributed losses	$	(145,851	)	$	(95,640	)	$	(17,897	)
	Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted		47,832			6,798			6,798
	Net loss attributable to common stock per share-basic and diluted	$	(3.05	)	$	(14.07	)	$	(2.63	)

Composition_of_Certain_Balance1

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]	'
Components of Inventories Included within BA Segment	'
	Inventories as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, all of which were included within the BA segment, were as follows (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Work-in-process component parts		$	10,146		$	9,997
	Finished goods			3,500			2,152
	Total inventory		$	13,646		$	12,149
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets	'
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Deposits on satellite services		$	4,774		$	—
	Airfone acquisition related other current assets (1)			2,847			—
	Restricted cash			1,006			214
	Other			7,660			6,153
	Total prepaid expenses and other current assets		$	16,287		$	6,367
Property and Equipment	'
	Property and equipment as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures		$	19,695		$	15,895
	Leasehold improvements			7,747			7,152
	Airborne equipment			227,866			163,896
	Network equipment			135,072			96,000
				390,380			282,943
	Accumulated depreciation			(124,746	)		(85,269	)
	Property and equipment, net		$	265,634		$	197,674
Other Non-Current Assets	'
	Other non-current assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Canadian ATG license payments (1)		$	2,749		$	3,080
	Deposits on satellite and other airborne equipment			5,629			5,747
	Other			1,168			2,036
	Total other non-current assets		$	9,546		$	10,863
	-1	See Note 18, “Canadian ATG Spectrum License” for further information.
Accrued Liabilities	'
	Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Employee benefits		$	17,320		$	11,212
	Airborne equipment and installation costs			4,981			12,209
	Airfone acquisition related liabilities (1)			4,791			—
	Other			22,054			16,270
	Total accrued liabilities		$	49,146		$	39,691
	-1	See Note 7, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.
Other Non-Current Liabilities	'
	Other non-current liabilities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):
			December 31,
			2013			2012
	Asset retirement obligations		$	4,382		$	2,637
	Deferred rent			3,982			4,020
	Capital leases			3,011			229
	Deferred revenue			1,878			249
	Other			1,183			623
	Total other non-current liabilities		$	14,436		$	7,758
Schedule of Changes in Warranty Reserves	'
	Changes in our warranty reserve for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):
			Warranty
			Reserve
	Balance – January 1, 2011		$	415
	Accruals for warranties issued			1,254
	Settlements of warranties			(997	)
	Balance – December 31, 2011			672
	Accruals for warranties issued			480
	Settlements of warranties			(282	)
	Balance – December 31, 2012			870
	Accruals for warranties issued			622
	Settlements of warranties			(612	)
	Balance – December 31, 2013		$	880
Schedule of Changes in Non Current Asset Retirement Obligation	'
	Changes in our non-current asset retirement obligations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):
			Asset
			Retirement
			Obligation
	Balance – January 1, 2012		$	2,112
	Liabilities incurred			293
	Liabilities settled			(39	)
	Accretion expense			271
	Balance – December 31, 2012			2,637
	Liabilities incurred (1)			1,454
	Liabilities settled			(72	)
	Accretion expense			363
	Balance – December 31, 2013		$	4,382
	-1	Includes $1.0 million related to a change in estimate in the expected cash flows for our estimated liabilities.

Airfone_Acquisition_Tables

Airfone Acquisition (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Business Combinations [Abstract]	'
Schedule of Preliminary allocation of Purchase Price	'
	The Airfone acquisition is being accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting and the results of operations are included in our financial statements from the date of acquisition. The allocation of the purchase price is a follows (in thousands):
		Purchase
		Price
		Allocation
	Trade receivables	$	422
	Prepaid and other current assets		3,768
	Property and equipment		2,232
	Trademark/trade name		220
	Service customer relationships		7,100
	FCC License		964
	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(3,628	)
	Asset retirement obligations		(1,734	)
	Total purchase price	$	9,344

Intangible_Assets_Tables

Intangible Assets (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Schedule of Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	'
	Our intangible assets, other than goodwill, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands, except for weighted average remaining useful life):
			Weighted		As of December 31, 2013							As of December 31, 2012
			Average
			Remaining
			Useful Life
			(in years)		Gross		Accumulated			Net		Gross		Accumulated			Net
					Carrying		Amortization			Carrying		Carrying		Amortization			Carrying
					Amount					Amount		Amount					Amount
	Amortized intangible assets:
	Software			3.2	$	58,689	$	(27,558	)	$	31,131	$	58,765	$	(35,263	)	$	23,502
	Patents			5.6		500		—			500		—		—			—
	Trademark/trade name (1)			4.3		3,072		(2,885	)		187		2,852		(2,852	)		—
	Aircell Axxess technology			1.1		4,129		(3,827	)		302		4,129		(3,549	)		580
	OEM and dealer relationships			3.1		6,724		(4,650	)		2,074		6,724		(3,978	)		2,746
	Service customer relationships (1)			6.3		8,081		(1,710	)		6,371		981		(981	)		—
	Total amortized intangible assets					81,195		(40,630	)		40,565		73,451		(46,623	)		26,828
	Unamortized intangible assets:
	FCC Licenses (1)					32,283		—			32,283		31,319		—			31,319
	Total intangible assets				$	113,478	$	(40,630	)	$	72,848	$	104,770	$	(46,623	)	$	58,147
	-1	See Note 7, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.
Summary of Amortization Expenses	'
	Amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,		Amortization
			Expense
	2014		$	11,730
	2015		$	9,714
	2016		$	7,926
	2017		$	4,023
	2018		$	2,635
	Thereafter		$	4,537

LongTerm_Debt_and_Other_Liabil1

Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]	'
Principal Repayments under Long Term Debt	'
	As of December 31, 2013, the mandatory principal payments under the Amended Senior Term Facility for each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,	Credit
		Facility
	2014	$	6,200
	2015	$	6,200
	2016	$	6,200
	2017	$	222,219
	Thereafter	$	—
Alaska Facility [Member]	'
Principal Repayments under Long Term Debt	'
	Principal payments under the Alaska Facility in each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,	Alaska
		Facility
	2014	$	504
	2015	$	504
	2016	$	504
	Thereafter	$	—

Interest_Costs_Tables

Interest Costs (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Text Block [Abstract]	'
Summary of Interest Costs	'
	The following is a summary of our interest costs for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):
			For the Years Ended December 31,
			2013		2012		2011
	Interest expense		$	23,458	$	8,109	$	280
	Amortization of deferred financing costs			2,832		804		—
	Non lender fees (1)			2,982		—		—
	Interest costs charged to expense			29,272		8,913		280
	Interest costs capitalized to property and equipment			872		200		—
	Interest costs capitalized to software			671		129		—
	Total interest costs		$	30,815	$	9,242	$	280
	-1	Primarily consists of fees paid to legal counsel and underwriters in connection with the New Borrowing.

Business_Segments_and_Major_Cu1

Business Segments and Major Customers (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract]	'
Summary of Reportable Segments	'
	Information regarding our reportable segments is as follows (in thousands):
			For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
			CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA			Total
	Service revenue		$	196,732		$	1,392		$	52,257		$	250,381
	Equipment revenue			2,336			168			75,239			77,743
	Total revenue		$	199,068		$	1,560		$	127,496		$	328,124
	Segment profit (loss)		$	(1,328	)	$	(41,004	)	$	50,721		$	8,389
			For the Year Ended December 31, 2012
			CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA			Total
	Service revenue		$	132,607		$	—		$	34,460		$	167,067
	Equipment revenue			1,833			670			63,945			66,448
	Total revenue		$	134,440		$	670		$	98,405		$	233,515
	Segment profit (loss)		$	(12,211	)	$	(14,261	)	$	35,816		$	9,344
			For the Year Ended December 31, 2011
			CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA			Total
	Service revenue		$	83,421		$	—		$	20,497		$	103,918
	Equipment revenue			2,539			—			53,699			56,238
	Total revenue		$	85,960		$	—		$	74,196		$	160,156
	Segment profit (loss)		$	(25,820	)	$	—		$	25,008		$	(812	)
Reconciliation of Segment Profit (loss)	'
	A reconciliation of segment profit (loss) to the relevant consolidated amounts is as follows (in thousands):
			For the Years Ended December 31,
			2013			2012			2011
	CA-NA segment loss (1)		$	(1,328	)	$	(12,211	)	$	(25,820	)
	CA-ROW segment loss (1)			(41,004	)		(14,261	)		—
	BA segment profit (1)			50,721			35,816			25,008
	Total segment profit (loss)			8,389			9,344			(812	)
	Interest income			64			77			72
	Interest expense			(29,272	)		(8,913	)		(280	)
	Depreciation and amortization			(55,509	)		(36,907	)		(32,673	)
	Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives (2)			8,074			3,671			1,456
	Stock compensation expense			(5,621	)		(3,545	)		(1,795	)
	Fair value derivative adjustments			(36,305	)		9,640			58,740
	Write off of deferred equity financing costs			—			(5,023	)		—
	Other income			(2	)		(22	)		(40	)
	Income (loss) before income taxes		$	(110,182	)	$	(31,678	)	$	24,668
	-1	Starting in January 2012 we began allocating to our BA and CA-ROW segments certain corporate operating expenses included in the CA-NA segment but shared by our CA-NA, BA and CA-ROW segments. We did not allocate these expenses prior to January 2012 because they were not deemed material to the CA-NA or BA segment or our consolidated results.
	-2	Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentive only relates to our CA-NA segment. See Note 15, “Leases” for further information.

ShareBased_Compensation_Tables

Share-Based Compensation (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]	'
Summary of Stock Options Activity	'
	A summary of stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2013, is as follows:
		Number of			Weighted			Weighted			Aggregate
		Options			Average			Average			Intrinsic
					Exercise			Remaining			Value
					Price Per			Contractual
					Share			Life
	Options outstanding—January 1, 2013		4,165,835		$	12.05			8.03		$	23,519
	Granted		1,344,714		$	19.01
	Exercised		(121,556	)	$	10.74
	Forfeited		(153,133	)	$	12.31
	Expired		(72,616	)	$	11.24
	Options outstanding—December 31, 2013		5,163,244		$	13.89			7.5		$	56,502
	Options exercisable—December 31, 2013		2,745,494		$	11.08			6.62		$	37,724
	Options vested and expected to vest—December 31, 2013		5,033,649		$	13.77			7.46		$	55,682
Schedule of Weighted Average Assumptions Used and Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value of Stock Options	'
	Weighted average assumptions used and weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, were as follows:
		2013			2012			2011
	Approximate risk-free interest rate		1.3	%		1	%		1.2	%
	Average expected life		6.22-years			6.25-years			6.25-years
	Dividend yield		N/A			N/A			N/A
	Volatility		44.1	%		44.5	%		44.7	%
	Weighted average grant date fair value of common stock underlying options granted	$	19		$	16.27		$	14.23
	Weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted	$	8.37		$	6.76		$	5.56
Summarizes the Activities for Unvested RSUs and DSUs	'
	The following table summarizes the activities for our unvested RSUs and DSUs for the year ended December 31, 2013:
		Number of			Weighted
		Underlying			Average
		Shares			Grant Date
					Fair Value
	Unvested—January 1, 2013		—		$	—
	Granted		45,611		$	26.26
	Vested		(10,331	)	$	24.87
	Forfeited/canceled		—		$	—
	Unvested—December 31, 2013		35,280		$	26.67
	Expected to vest after December 31, 2013		31,850

Income_Tax_Tables

Income Tax (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	'
	For financial reporting purposes, income (loss) before income taxes included the following components for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 (in thousands):
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	United States	$	(108,901	)	$	(31,243	)	$	24,668
	Foreign		(1,281	)		(435	)		—
	Income (loss) before income taxes	$	(110,182	)	$	(31,678	)	$	24,668
Components of Provision for Income Taxes	'
	Significant components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, are as follows (in thousands):
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Current:
	Federal	$	—		$	—		$	—
	State		286			233			117
			286			233			117
	Deferred:
	Federal		758			742			872
	State		63			61			64
			821			803			936
	Total	$	1,107		$	1,036		$	1,053
Income Tax Computed at Federal Statutory Tax Rates	'
	The provision for income taxes differs from income taxes computed at the federal statutory tax rates for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 as a result of the following items:
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Federal statutory rate		35	%		35	%		35	%
	Effect of:
	State income taxes-net of federal tax benefit		1.7			2.8			2.9
	Fair value derivative adjustments		(11.7	)		10.7			(90.2	)
	Change in valuation allowance		(25.7	)		(45.6	)		56.6
	Write off of deferred equity financing costs		—			(5.6	)		—
	Other		(0.3	)		(0.6	)		—
	Effective tax rate		(1.0	)%		(3.3	)%		4.3	%
Components of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities	'
	Components of the net deferred income tax asset as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows (in thousands):
		December 31,			December 31,
		2013			2012
	Deferred income tax assets:
	Compensation accruals	$	6,021		$	3,544
	Stock options		4,041			2,595
	Inventory		243			197
	Warranty reserves		333			330
	Deferred rent		1,795			1,804
	Deferred revenue		22,592			17,430
	Federal net operating loss (NOL)		63,731			41,556
	State NOL		5,228			3,435
	UNICAP adjustment		3,611			3,333
	Finite-lived intangible assets		19,487			21,018
	Other		2,210			1,817
	Total deferred income tax assets		129,292			97,059
	Deferred income tax liabilities:
	Fixed assets		(13,141	)		(8,514	)
	Indefinite-lived intangible assets		(5,770	)		(4,949	)
	Other		(111	)		(63	)
	Total deferred income tax liabilities		(19,022	)		(13,526	)
	Total deferred income tax		110,270			83,533
	Valuation allowance		(116,040	)		(88,482	)
	Net deferred income tax liability	$	(5,770	)	$	(4,949	)
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits	'
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Unrecognized tax benefits—January 1	$	223		$	—		$	—
	Additions based on tax positions related to the prior year		—			223			—
	Reductions based on tax positions related to the prior year		(223	)		—			—
	Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31	$	—		$	223		$	—

Leases_Tables

Leases (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Text Block [Abstract]	'
Annual Future Minimum Obligations for Operating Leases Other than Arrangements with Commercial Airline Partners	'
	Annual future minimum obligations for operating leases for each of the next five years and thereafter, other than the arrangements we have with our commercial airline partners, as of December 31 2013, are as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,	Operating
		Leases
	2014	$	12,647
	2015	$	16,906
	2016	$	18,175
	2017	$	16,325
	2018	$	13,356
	Thereafter	$	103,509
Annual Future Minimum Obligations under Capital Leases	'
	Annual future minimum obligations under capital leases for each of the next five years and thereafter, as of December 31, 2013, are as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,	Amortization
		Expense
	2014	$	1,598
	2015		1,427
	2016		1,195
	2017		729
	2018		123
	Thereafter		—
	Total minimum lease payments		5,072
	Less: Amount representing interest		(878	)
	Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	4,194

Canadian_ATG_Spectrum_License_

Canadian ATG Spectrum License (Tables) (License Agreement [Member])	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
License Agreement [Member]	'
Summary of Amortization Expense	'
	Amortization expense for the one-time payment for each of the next five years and thereafter is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):
	Years ending December 31,	Canadian ATG
		Spectrum
		Amortization
	2014	$	122
	2015	$	122
	2016	$	122
	2017	$	122
	2018	$	122
	Thereafter	$	2,261

Quarterly_Data_Unaudited_Table

Quarterly Data (Unaudited) (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Summarized Quarterly Financial Information	'
	For the Three Month Periods Ended
		Mar 31,			June 30,			Sep 30,			Dec 31,
		2013			2013			2013			2013
	Total revenue	$	70,754		$	79,437		$	85,379		$	92,554
	Operating loss		(10,300	)		(9,062	)		(10,898	)		(14,407	)
	Net loss		(14,477	)		(55,989	)		(18,718	)		(22,105	)
	Net loss to attributable to common stock		(32,450	)		(72,578	)		(18,718	)		(22,105	)
	Net loss attributable to common stock per share—basic and diluted	$	(4.77	)	$	(4.98	)	$	(0.22	)	$	(0.26	)
	Weighted average number of shares—basic and diluted		6,802			14,585			84,097			84,230
		For the Three Month Periods Ended
		Mar 31,			June 30,			Sep 30,			Dec 31,
		2012			2012			2012			2012
	Total revenue	$	54,273		$	57,879		$	57,840		$	63,523
	Operating loss		(4,308	)		(4,875	)		(8,632	)		(9,622	)
	Net income (loss)		(3,466	)		2,900			(13,044	)		(19,104	)
	Net loss to attributable to common stock		(17,580	)		(13,089	)		(29,010	)		(35,961	)
	Net loss attributable to common stock per share—basic and diluted	$	(2.59	)	$	(1.93	)	$	(4.27	)	$	(5.29	)
	Weighted average number of shares—basic and diluted		6,798			6,798			6,798			6,798

Parent_Company_Condensed_Finan1

Parent Company Condensed Financial Statements (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]	'
Condensed Balance Sheets	'
	Gogo Inc.
	Condensed Balance Sheets
	(in thousands)
		December 31,			December 31,
		2013			2012
	Assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	173,928		$	—
	Investments and advances with subsidiaries		102,253			173,803
	Total assets	$	276,181		$	173,803
	Liabilities and Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
	Total liabilities	$	5,991		$	5,202
	Total redeemable preferred stock		—			614,378
	Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)		270,190			(445,777	)
	Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$	276,181		$	173,803
Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)	'
	Gogo Inc.
	Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	(in thousands)
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Interest income	$	(18	)	$	—		$	—
	Fair value derivative adjustments		36,305			(9,640	)		(58,740	)
	Write off of deferred equity financing costs		—			5,023			—
	Other expense		—			—			40
	Total other (income) expense		36,287			(4,617	)		(58,700	)
	Income (loss) before income taxes		(36,287	)		4,617			58,700
	Income tax provision		1,107			1,036			1,053
	Equity losses of subsidiaries		73,895			36,295			34,032
	Net income (loss)		(111,289	)		(32,714	)		23,615
	Preferred stock return		(29,277	)		(52,427	)		(31,331	)
	Accretion of preferred stock		(5,285	)		(10,499	)		(10,181	)
	Net loss to attributable to common stock	$	(145,851	)	$	(95,640	)	$	(17,897	)
	Comprehensive income (loss)	$	(111,694	)	$	(32,734	)	$	23,615
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows	'
	Gogo Inc.
	Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
	(in thousands)
		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Net income (loss)	$	(111,289	)	$	(32,714	)	$	23,615
	Fair value derivative adjustments		36,305			(9,640	)		(58,740	)
	Write off of deferred equity financing costs		—			5,023			—
	Subsidiary equity losses		73,895			36,295			34,032
	Other operating activities		910			929			957
	Net cash used in operating activities		(179	)		(107	)		(136	)
	Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities – investments and advances with subsidiaries		2,750			4,347			(54,524	)
	Financing activities:
	Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriter commissions		173,910			—			—
	Proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock		—			—			55,386
	Other financing activities		(2,553	)		(4,255	)		(711	)
	Net cash provided by financing activities		171,357			(4,255	)		54,675
	Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		173,928			(15	)		15
	Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period		—			15			—
	Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period	$	173,928		$	—		$	15

Background_Additional_Informat

Background - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 21, 2013	Jun. 17, 2013
	Segment	IPO [Member]	IPO [Member]
Business And Organization [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of Operating Segments	3	'	'
Common Stock Shares Issued	'	11,000,000	'
Initial Public Offering (IPO) price per share	'	$17	'
Initial public offering trade date	'	21-Jun-13	'
Number of convertible preferred stock converted into common stock	'	66,235,473	'
Stock split ratio, per 1 share of common stock	'	'	103

Summary_of_Significant_Account3

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Restricted cash	$1,006,000	$214,000	'
Asset retirement obligations	4,382,000	2,637,000	2,112,000
Deferred rent	3,982,000	4,020,000	'
Depreciation expense	46,300,000	29,500,000	22,600,000
Impairment charges	0	0	0
Research and development expense	29,800,000	23,600,000	16,900,000
Additional Paid in Capital, Preferred Stock	'	0	'
Minimum [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Warranty term	'2 years	'	'
Maximum [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Warranty term	'5 years	'	'
Reclassification [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Restricted cash	'	214,000	'
Asset retirement obligations	'	2,637,000	'
Deferred rent	'	4,020,000	'
Other non-current assets	'	-256,000	-60,000
Other non-current liabilities	'	758,000	190,000
Non-current deferred rent	'	515,000	-368,000
Deferred rent	'	24,000	144,000
Equipment [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Weighted average useful life of assets	'7 years	'	'
Accelerated Depreciation [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Increase in accelerated depreciation	100,000	'	'
Accelerated Depreciation [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Expected additional accelerated depreciation	1,500,000	'	'
Accelerated Depreciation [Member] | Before reassessment [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Weighted average useful life of assets	'9 years	'	'
Accelerated Depreciation [Member] | After reassessment [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Weighted average useful life of assets	'5 years	'	'
Estimated Useful Lives [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Increase in accelerated depreciation	4,600,000	'	'
Increased net loss per basic and fully diluted share	$0.10	'	'
Expected additional accelerated depreciation	$1,400,000	'	'
Estimated Useful Lives [Member] | Equipment [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Weighted average useful life of assets	'4 years 1 month 6 days	'	'

Summary_of_Significant_Account4

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Depreciation of Property and Equipment Estimated Useful Lives (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures [Member] | Minimum [Member]	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'
Depreciation of property and equipment estimated useful lives	'3 years
Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures [Member] | Maximum [Member]	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'
Depreciation of property and equipment estimated useful lives	'7 years
Leasehold improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'
Depreciation of property and equipment estimated useful lives	'3 years
Leasehold improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'
Depreciation of property and equipment estimated useful lives	'13 years
Airborne equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'
Depreciation of property and equipment estimated useful lives	'7 years
Network equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'
Depreciation of property and equipment estimated useful lives	'5 years
Network equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'
Depreciation of property and equipment estimated useful lives	'25 years

Summary_of_Significant_Account5

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Finite Lived Intangible Asset Useful Life (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Software [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'3 years 2 months 12 days
Software [Member] | Minimum [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'3 years
Software [Member] | Maximum [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'8 years
Patents [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'5 years 7 months 6 days
Patents [Member] | Minimum [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'4 years
Patents [Member] | Maximum [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'12 years
Trademark/trade name [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'4 years 3 months 18 days
Trademark/trade name [Member] | Maximum [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'5 years
Aircell Axxess technology [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'1 year 1 month 6 days
Aircell Axxess technology [Member] | Maximum [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'8 years
OEM and dealer relationships [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'3 years 1 month 6 days
OEM and dealer relationships [Member] | Maximum [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'10 years
Service customer relationships [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'6 years 3 months 18 days
Service customer relationships [Member] | Minimum [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'5 years
Service customer relationships [Member] | Maximum [Member]	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Finite lived intangible asset useful life	'7 years

Common_Stock_and_Preferred_Sto2

Common Stock and Preferred Stock - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Jun. 21, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Jun. 21, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Class A Preferred Stock [Member]

Class A Preferred Stock [Member]

Junior Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]

Junior Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]

Junior Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]

IPO [Member]

IPO [Member]

IPO [Member]

IPO [Member]

Class A Preferred Stock [Member]

Class A Preferred Stock [Member]

Temporary Equity [Line Items]

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Par value of common stock shares

$0.00

$0.00

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Total authorized shares of common stock

500,000,000

103,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Common Stock Shares Issued

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

11,000,000

'

2,135,602

2,135,602

Initial Public Offering price per share

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$17

'

'

'

Initial public offering trading date

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

21-Jun-13

'

'

'

Number of convertible preferred stock converted into common stock

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

66,235,473

'

'

'

Write-Off of Deferred Equity Financing Costs

'

$5,023

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$5,023

'

'

Preferred stock share authorized

100,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Preferred stock, par value

$0.01

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Preferred stock share issued

0

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Quarterly preferred return

6.00%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Stated capital of preferred stock

$10,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Initial conversion price of preferred stock

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$1,087

'

'

'

'

Adjusted conversion price of preferred stock

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$1,075

'

'

'

'

Changes in fair value of derivative liability

-36,305

9,640

58,740

9,640

25,650

'

33,090

'

'

'

-36,305

36,305

Fair value of preferred stock prior amendment

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$10,000

'

'

'

'

Fair value of preferred stock after amendment

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$8

'

'

'

'

Common_Stock_and_Preferred_Sto3

Common Stock and Preferred Stock - Summary of Preferred Stock Activity (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Temporary Equity [Line Items]	'	'	'
Beginning balance	$614,378	$551,452	$453,385
Allocation of embedded derivative upon issuance of preferred stock	'	'	-6,018
Preferred stock return	29,277	52,427	31,331
Accretion of preferred stock	5,285	10,499	10,181
Conversion to common stock upon the IPO	-648,940	'	'
Ending balance	'	614,378	551,452
January 28, 2011 funding [Member]	'	'	'
Temporary Equity [Line Items]	'	'	'
Preferred stock funding	'	'	38,095
June 30, 2011 funding [Member]	'	'	'
Temporary Equity [Line Items]	'	'	'
Preferred stock funding	'	'	24,478
Class A Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'	'
Temporary Equity [Line Items]	'	'	'
Beginning balance	174,199	152,689	80,278
Allocation of embedded derivative upon issuance of preferred stock	'	'	-6,018
Preferred stock return	11,219	19,505	13,943
Accretion of preferred stock	1,005	2,005	1,913
Conversion to common stock upon the IPO	-186,423	'	'
Ending balance	'	174,199	152,689
Class A Preferred Stock [Member] | January 28, 2011 funding [Member]	'	'	'
Temporary Equity [Line Items]	'	'	'
Preferred stock funding	'	'	38,095
Class A Preferred Stock [Member] | June 30, 2011 funding [Member]	'	'	'
Temporary Equity [Line Items]	'	'	'
Preferred stock funding	'	'	24,478
Class B Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'	'
Temporary Equity [Line Items]	'	'	'
Beginning balance	285,035	250,572	231,559
Preferred stock return	18,058	32,922	17,388
Accretion of preferred stock	763	1,541	1,625
Conversion to common stock upon the IPO	-303,856	'	'
Ending balance	'	285,035	250,572
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'	'
Temporary Equity [Line Items]	'	'	'
Beginning balance	155,144	148,191	141,548
Allocation of embedded derivative upon issuance of preferred stock	'	'	'
Accretion of preferred stock	3,517	6,953	6,643
Conversion to common stock upon the IPO	-158,661	'	'
Ending balance	'	$155,144	$148,191

Fair_Value_of_Financial_Assets2

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Jun. 21, 2013

Jun. 21, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Alaska Facility [Member]

Alaska Facility [Member]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]

Class A Preferred Stock [Member]

Class A Preferred Stock [Member]

IPO [Member]

IPO [Member]

IPO [Member]

Class A Preferred Stock [Member]

Class A Preferred Stock [Member]

Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Carrying value of Long term debt

'

'

'

$240,800,000

$133,300,000

$1,500,000

$2,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

Fair value of Long term debt

'

'

'

261,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Common Stock Shares Issued

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

11,000,000

2,135,602

2,135,602

Initial Public Offering (IPO) price per share

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$17

'

'

Value of liquidation preference

36,305,000

-9,640,000

-58,740,000

'

'

'

'

'

-9,640,000

-25,650,000

'

36,305,000

-36,305,000

Fair value measurement related to derivative liabilities

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$0

'

'

'

'

'

Fair_Value_of_Financial_Assets3

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities - Summary of Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities on Recurring Basis (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'	'
Beginning balance	'	$9,640	$62,362
Fair value derivative adjustment	36,305	-9,640	-58,740
Allocation of Class A Preferred Stock upon issuance	'	'	6,018
Ending balance	'	'	9,640
Class A Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'	'
Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'	'
Beginning balance	'	9,640	29,272
Fair value derivative adjustment	'	-9,640	-25,650
Allocation of Class A Preferred Stock upon issuance	'	'	6,018
Ending balance	'	'	9,640
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	'	'	'
Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'	'
Beginning balance	'	'	33,090
Fair value derivative adjustment	'	'	-33,090
Allocation of Class A Preferred Stock upon issuance	'	'	'
Ending balance	'	'	'

Net_Income_Loss_Per_Share_Comp

Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share using Two-Class Method (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	($22,105)	($18,718)	($55,989)	($14,477)	($19,104)	($13,044)	$2,900	($3,466)	($111,289)	($32,714)	$23,615
Less: Preferred stock return	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	29,277	52,427	31,331
Less: Accretion of preferred stock	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	5,285	10,499	10,181
Undistributed losses	($22,105)	($18,718)	($72,578)	($32,450)	($35,961)	($29,010)	($13,089)	($17,580)	($145,851)	($95,640)	($17,897)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted	84,230	84,097	14,585	6,802	6,798	6,798	6,798	6,798	47,832,000	6,798,000	6,798,000
Net loss attributable to common stock per share-basic and diluted	($0.26)	($0.22)	($4.98)	($4.77)	($5.29)	($4.27)	($1.93)	($2.59)	($3.05)	($14.07)	($2.63)

Composition_of_Certain_Balance2

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Components of Inventories Included within BA Segment (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'
Work-in-process component parts	$10,146	$9,997
Finished goods	3,500	2,152
Inventory, Total	$13,646	$12,149

Composition_of_Certain_Balance3

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current [Abstract]	'	'
Deposits on satellite services	$4,774	'
Airfone acquisition related other current assets	2,847	'
Restricted cash	1,006	214
Other	7,660	6,153
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets	$16,287	$6,367

Composition_of_Certain_Balance4

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Property and Equipment (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Property and equipment, gross	$390,380	$282,943
Accumulated depreciation	-124,746	-85,269
Property and equipment, net	265,634	197,674
Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures [Member]	'	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Property and equipment, gross	19,695	15,895
Leasehold improvements [Member]	'	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Property and equipment, gross	7,747	7,152
Airborne equipment [Member]	'	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Property and equipment, gross	227,866	163,896
Network equipment [Member]	'	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Property and equipment, gross	135,072	96,000
Property and equipment, net	$3,600	'

Composition_of_Certain_Balance5

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Other Non-Current Assets (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Other Assets [Abstract]	'	'
Canadian ATG license payments	$2,749	$3,080
Deposits on satellite and other airborne equipment	5,629	5,747
Other	1,168	2,036
Total other non-current assets	$9,546	$10,863

Composition_of_Certain_Balance6

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Accrued Liabilities (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]	'	'
Employee benefits	$17,320	$11,212
Airborne equipment and installation costs	4,981	12,209
Airfone acquisition related liabilities	4,791	'
Other	22,054	16,270
Total accrued liabilities	$49,146	$39,691

Composition_of_Certain_Balance7

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Other Non Current Liabilities (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Other Liabilities Noncurrent [Abstract]	'	'	'
Asset retirement obligations	$4,382	$2,637	$2,112
Deferred rent	3,982	4,020	'
Capital leases	3,011	229	'
Deferred revenue	1,878	249	'
Other	1,183	623	'
Total other non-current liabilities	$14,436	$7,758	'

Composition_of_Certain_Balance8

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Schedule of Changes in Warranty Reserves (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Guarantees [Abstract]	'	'	'
Warranty Beginning Balance	$870	$672	$415
Accruals for warranties issued	622	480	1,254
Settlements of warranties	-612	-282	-997
Warranty Ending Balance	$880	$870	$672

Composition_of_Certain_Balance9

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Schedule of Changes in Non Current Asset Retirement Obligation (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]	'		'	'
Asset retirement obligation, Beginning Balance	$2,637		$2,112	'
Liabilities incurred	1,454	[1]	293	147
Liabilities settled	-72		-39	'
Accretion expense	363		271	'
Asset retirement obligation, Ending Balance	$4,382		$2,637	$2,112
[1]	Includes $1.0 million related to a change in estimate in the expected cash flows for our estimated liabilities.

Recovered_Sheet1

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Schedule of Changes in Non Current Asset Retirement Obligation (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Change in estimate in expected cash flows for liabilities	$1

Airfone_Acquisition_Additional

Airfone Acquisition - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 11, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2014
	Customer
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Purchase price of acquisition	'	$9,344,000	'
Benefit of indemnity provision, including escrow account	'	1,000,000	'
Airfone [Member]	'	'	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of subscribers for airborne voice communication services	1,000	'	'
Purchase price of acquisition	9,344,000	'	'
FUSF and related fees remitted to correct past filings covering the period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2012	'	1,100,000	'
Aggregate amount of any liability to Airfone customers for the period beginning January 1, 2008 through April 10, 2013	'	2,500,000	'
Due from Airfone related to FUSF and related fees	'	'	$100,000

Airfone_Acquisition_Schedule_o

Airfone Acquisition - Schedule of Preliminary Allocation of Purchase Price (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Trade receivables	$422
Prepaid and other current assets	3,768
Property and equipment	2,232
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	-3,628
Asset retirement obligations	-1,734
Total purchase price	9,344
Trademark/trade name [Member]	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Purchase price allocation, Intangible assets	220
Service customer relationships [Member]	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Purchase price allocation, Intangible assets	7,100
FCC License [Member]	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Purchase price allocation, Intangible assets	$964

Intangible_Assets_Additional_I

Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'	'
Goodwill	$620,000	$620,000	'
Amortization expense	9,200,000	7,400,000	10,100,000
FCC Licenses [Member]	'	'	'
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'	'
License impairment	$0	$0	$0
Useful life of license	'10 years	'	'

Intangible_Assets_Schedule_of_

Intangible Assets - Schedule of Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]	'	'
Total intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	$113,478	$104,770
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	81,195	73,451
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	-40,630	-46,623
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	40,565	26,828
Total intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	72,848	58,147
FCC License [Member]	'	'
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]	'	'
Total unamortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	32,283	31,319
Total unamortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	32,283	31,319
Software [Member]	'	'
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]	'	'
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	'3 years 2 months 12 days	'
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	58,689	58,765
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	-27,558	-35,263
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	31,131	23,502
Trademark/trade name [Member]	'	'
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]	'	'
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	'4 years 3 months 18 days	'
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	3,072	2,852
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	-2,885	-2,852
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	187	'
Aircell Axxess technology [Member]	'	'
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]	'	'
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	'1 year 1 month 6 days	'
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	4,129	4,129
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	-3,827	-3,549
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	302	580
OEM and dealer relationships [Member]	'	'
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]	'	'
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	'3 years 1 month 6 days	'
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	6,724	6,724
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	-4,650	-3,978
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	2,074	2,746
Service customer relationships [Member]	'	'
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]	'	'
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	'6 years 3 months 18 days	'
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	8,081	981
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	-1,710	-981
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	6,371	'
Patents [Member]	'	'
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]	'	'
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	'5 years 7 months 6 days	'
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	500	'
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	'	'
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	$500	'

Intangible_Assets_Summary_of_A

Intangible Assets - Summary of Amortization Expenses (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]	'
2014	$11,730
2015	9,714
2016	7,926
2017	4,023
2018	2,635
Thereafter	$4,537

LongTerm_Debt_and_Other_Liabil2

Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Apr. 04, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Jun. 21, 2012

Dec. 31, 2012

Nov. 12, 2011

Nov. 02, 2010

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Letters of Credit [Member]

Letters of Credit [Member]

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Senior Term Facility [Member]

Senior Term Facility [Member]

Alaska Facility [Member]

Alaska Facility [Member]

Alaska Facility [Member]

Alaska Facility [Member]

Alaska Facility [Member]

Alaska Facility [Member]

Alaska Facility [Member]

Interest Rate [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]

Base Rate [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Interest Rate [Member]

Interest Rate [Member]

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Net cash proceeds from borrowings

'

'

'

'

'

$103,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$125,400,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Debt issuance fees

6,975,000

9,630,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

9,630,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Borrowings under credit facilities

113,000,000

135,000,000

520,000

'

'

113,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Amount of credit facility agreement

'

'

'

'

'

'

248,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

135,000,000

'

'

4,100,000

'

'

'

'

'

Additional fees paid, New borrowing

'

'

'

'

'

10,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Credit facility amount outstanding

'

'

'

'

'

'

240,800,000

133,300,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

1,500,000

2,000,000

'

'

'

Percentage owned of capital stock of direct foreign subsidiary

'

'

'

'

'

'

65.00%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Minimum cash balance

'

'

'

'

'

'

5,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Principal payment

'

'

'

'

'

'

1,600,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Maturity date of loan due

'

'

'

'

'

'

21-Jun-17

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Net asset of borrowers not available for distribution

'

'

'

'

'

'

102,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

0.50%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Statutory Rate floor

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

1.50%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

LIBOR premium 1

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

1.00%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

LIBOR premium 2

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

2.50%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Libor rate loan margin

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

9.75%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Base rate loan margin

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

8.75%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Interest rate on outstanding LIBOR loans

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

11.25%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Deferred financing costs

'

'

'

'

'

'

6,975,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Fees not paid directly to lenders which were treated as interest expense

2,982,000

'

'

'

'

'

2,982,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Total amortization expense of deferred financing costs

2,832,000

804,000

'

'

'

'

2,832,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

804,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Unamortized deferred financing costs

12,969,000

8,826,000

'

'

'

'

12,969,000

8,826,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Leverage ratio

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

3.25

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Percentage used for mandatory prepayment

'

'

'

'

'

'

50.00%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Leverage ratio

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

2

3.25

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Percentage of prepayment

'

'

'

'

'

'

25.00%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Leverage ratio

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

2

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Voluntary prepayment percentage

'

'

'

'

'

'

3.00%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Voluntary prepayment percentage

'

'

'

'

'

'

3.00%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Interest rate outstanding

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

10.00%

'

'

'

'

'

Term of credit facility

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'5 years

'6 years

'

'

'

'

'

Increase in basis points of revenue share

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

3.00%

'

'

'

'

Revenue share

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

100,000

100,000

100,000

Credit facility/Letters of credit amount outstanding

'

'

'

$5,400,000

$900,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

LongTerm_Debt_and_Other_Liabil3

Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities - Principal Repayments under Long Term Debt (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Senior Term Facility [Member]	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'
2014	$6,200
2015	6,200
2016	6,200
2017	222,219
Thereafter	'
Alaska Facility [Member]	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'
2014	504
2015	504
2016	504
Thereafter	'

Interest_Costs_Summary_of_Inte

Interest Costs - Summary of Interest Costs (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule Of Interest [Line Items]	'	'	'
Interest expense	$23,458	$8,109	$280
Amortization of deferred financing costs	2,832	804	'
Non lender fees	2,982	'	'
Interest costs charged to expense	29,272	8,913	280
Total interest costs	30,815	9,242	280
Property and Equipment [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Interest [Line Items]	'	'	'
Interest costs capitalized	872	200	'
Software [Member]	'	'	'
Schedule Of Interest [Line Items]	'	'	'
Interest costs capitalized	$671	$129	'

Business_Segments_and_Major_Cu2

Business Segments and Major Customers - Summary of Reportable Segments (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Service revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	$250,381	$167,067	$103,918
Equipment revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	77,743	66,448	56,238
Total revenue	92,554	85,379	79,437	70,754	63,523	57,840	57,879	54,273	328,124	233,515	160,156
Segment profit (loss)	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	8,389	9,344	-812
CA-NA [Member]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Service revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	196,732	132,607	83,421
Equipment revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	2,336	1,833	2,539
Total revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	199,068	134,440	85,960
Segment profit (loss)	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-1,328	-12,211	-25,820
CA-ROW [Member]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Service revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	1,392	'	'
Equipment revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	168	670	'
Total revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	1,560	670	'
Segment profit (loss)	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-41,004	-14,261	'
BA [Member]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Service revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	52,257	34,460	'
Equipment revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	75,239	63,945	53,699
Total revenue	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	127,496	98,405	'
Segment profit (loss)	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	$50,721	$35,816	$25,008

Business_Segments_and_Major_Cu3

Business Segments and Major Customers - Reconciliation of Segment Profit (loss) (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]	'	'	'
Segment profit (loss)	$8,389	$9,344	($812)
Interest income	64	77	72
Interest expense	-29,272	-8,913	-280
Depreciation and amortization	-55,509	-36,907	-32,673
Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives	8,074	3,671	1,456
Stock compensation expense	-5,621	-3,545	-1,795
Fair value derivative adjustments	-36,305	9,640	58,740
Write off of deferred equity financing costs	'	-5,023	'
Other income	-2	-22	-40
Income (loss) before income taxes	-110,182	-31,678	24,668
CA-NA [Member]	'	'	'
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]	'	'	'
Segment profit (loss)	-1,328	-12,211	-25,820
CA-ROW [Member]	'	'	'
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]	'	'	'
Segment profit (loss)	-41,004	-14,261	'
BA [Member]	'	'	'
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]	'	'	'
Segment profit (loss)	$50,721	$35,816	$25,008

Business_Segments_and_Major_Cu4

Business Segments and Major Customers - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
	Customer	Customer	Customer
Airline Partners [Member] | CA-NA [Member]	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of airline partners subject to benchmark measurement	2	2	2
Revenue [Member] | Revenue Concentration Risk [Member]	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of customers meeting concentration risk threshold	0	0	0
Percentage of benchmark	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Revenue [Member] | Revenue Concentration Risk [Member] | Airline Partners [Member] | CA-NA [Member]	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'	'
Percentage of benchmark	41.00%	39.00%	34.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Accounts Receivable Concentration Risk [Member]	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of customers meeting concentration risk threshold	0	'	'
Percentage of benchmark	10.00%	'	'
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Accounts Receivable Concentration Risk [Member] | CA-NA [Member]	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of customers meeting concentration risk threshold	'	1	'
Percentage of benchmark	'	15.00%	'

ShareBased_Compensation_Additi

Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

1 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Dec. 18, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 21, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

CompensationPlan

Restricted Stock [Member]

ACM LLC [Member]

ACM LLC [Member]

Stock Plan 2010 and 2013 [Member]

Stock Plan 2010 and 2013 [Member]

Stock Plan 2010 and 2013 [Member]

Stock Plan 2010 and 2013 [Member]

Stock Plan 2010 and 2013 [Member]

Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]

Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]

Director [Member]

Option 2 [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Restricted Stock [Member]

Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Arrangement [Line Items]

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

11,956,570

'

'

'

'

424,594

'

Common stock units available to grant

'

'

'

'

'

'

396,640

6,587,390

'

'

'

'

'

'

Number of share-based employee compensation plans

'

2

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Contractual life of granted options

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'10 years

'

'

'

'

'

'

Options vesting percentage

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

20.00%

'

'

'

25.00%

'

'

Options vesting period

'

'

'

'

'4 years

'

'

'4 years

'

'

'

'4 years

'

'

2013 Omnibus Plan settlement, Description

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'DSUs will be settled in shares of our common stock 90 days after the director ceases to serve as a director.

'

'

'

DSU settlement period

'

'90 days

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Stock options exercised

'

121,556

'

'

'

'

'

0

'

'

'

'

'

'

Total unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested stock options

'

'

'

'

$900,000

'

'

$14,700,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

Weighted average period related to unvested stock options

'

'7 years 5 months 16 days

'

'

'3 years 10 months 24 days

'

'

'2 years 7 months 6 days

'

'

'

'

'

'

Total grant date fair value of stock options vested

'

'

'

'

300,000

'

'

4,100,000

3,200,000

1,600,000

'

'

'

'

ACM shares Owned

'

'

'

'

'

821,411

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Stock per ACM unit

'

'

'

'

'

0.048413

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Plan Commitment percentage

'

'

'

'

'

90.00%

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

ACM units granted prior to July1 2006

'

'

'

'

'

13,800,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Cash paid by employee upon vesting of ACM unit

'

'

'

'

'

0

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Common stock units authorized

'

'

'

'

'

'

396,640

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Distribution of ACM units

821,346

'

'

'

'

498,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Dissolution of ACM, Year

'

'2014

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Purchase Price of Common Stock, Percent

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

15.00%

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

0

'

Stock compensation expense

'

$5,621,000

$3,545,000

$1,795,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

ShareBased_Compensation_Summar

Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Stock Options Activity (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]	'	'
Options Outstanding, Beginning Balance	4,165,835	'
Granted	1,344,714	'
Exercised	-121,556	'
Forfeited	-153,133	'
Expired	-72,616	'
Options Outstanding, Ending Balance	5,163,244	4,165,835
Options Exercisable, Ending Balance	2,745,494	'
Options vested and expected to vest, Ending Balance	5,033,649	'
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share, Outstanding Beginning Balance	$12.05	'
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share, Granted	$19.01	'
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share, Exercised	$10.74	'
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share, Forfeited	$12.31	'
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share, Expired	$11.24	'
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share, Outstanding Ending Balance	$13.89	$12.05
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share, Exercisable Ending Balance	$11.08	'
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share, Vested and expected to vest, Ending Balance	$13.77	'
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life, Outstanding	'7 years 6 months	'8 years 11 days
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life, Exercisable Ending Balance	'6 years 7 months 13 days	'
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life, Vested and Expected to Vest, Ending Balance	'7 years 5 months 16 days	'
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding Beginning Balance	$23,519	'
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding Ending Balance	56,502	23,519
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable Ending Balance	37,724	'
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Vested and Expected to Vest, Ending Balance	$55,682	'

ShareBased_Compensation_Schedu

Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of Weighted Average Assumptions Used and Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value of Stock Options (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]	'	'	'
Approximate risk-free interest rate	1.30%	1.00%	1.20%
Average expected life	'6 years 2 months 19 days	'6 years 3 months	'6 years 3 months
Dividend yield	'	'	'
Volatility	44.10%	44.50%	44.70%
Weighted average grant date fair value of common stock underlying options granted	$8.37	$6.76	$5.56
Common Stock [Member]	'	'	'
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]	'	'	'
Weighted average grant date fair value of common stock underlying options granted	$19	$16.27	$14.23

Share_Based_Compensation_Summa

Share - Based Compensation - Summarizes the Activities for Unvested RSUs and DSUs (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'
Expected to vest after December 31, 2013	5,033,649
Restricted Stock [Member]	'
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'
Unvested - Beginning balance	'
Granted	45,611
Vested	-10,331
Forfeited/canceled	'
Unvested - Ending balance	35,280
Expected to vest after December 31, 2013	31,850
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Granted	$26.26
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Vested	$24.87
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Forfeited/canceled	'
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Unvested - Ending balance	$26.67

Employee_Retirement_and_Postre1

Employee Retirement and Postretirement Benefits - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]	'	'	'
Maximum percentage of annual gross salary allowable	15.00%	'	'
Employee Contribution	100.00%	'	'
Percentage of employees contribution matched by the company	4.00%	'	'
Employer Contribution	$2,200,000	$1,600,000	$900,000
Contingent bonus payout not yet accrued	600,000	'	'
Description of Board of Directors compensation payment method	'Compensation is to be paid 1/3 in cash, 1/3 in stock options and 1/3 in DSUs.	'	'
Board of Directors Chairman [Member]	'	'	'
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]	'	'	'
Compensation to non employee directors	225,000	'	'
Director [Member]	'	'	'
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]	'	'	'
Compensation to non employee directors	150,000	'	'
Chairman Of Audit Committee [Member]	'	'	'
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]	'	'	'
Additional compensation to non employee directors	20,000	'	'
Chairman Of Compensation Committee [Member]	'	'	'
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]	'	'	'
Additional compensation to non employee directors	10,000	'	'
Chairman Of Nominating And Governance Committee [Member]	'	'	'
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]	'	'	'
Additional compensation to non employee directors	$5,000	'	'

Income_Tax_Income_Loss_Before_

Income Tax - Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'	'
United States	($108,901)	($31,243)	$24,668
Foreign	-1,281	-435	'
Income (loss) before income taxes	($110,182)	($31,678)	$24,668

Income_Tax_Components_of_Provi

Income Tax - Components of Provision for Income Taxes (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current:	'	'	'
Federal	'	'	'
State	286	233	117
Current Total	286	233	117
Deferred:	'	'	'
Federal	758	742	872
State	63	61	64
Deferred Total	821	803	936
Total	$1,107	$1,036	$1,053

Income_Tax_Income_Tax_Computed

Income Tax - Income Tax Computed at Federal Statutory Tax Rates (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'	'
Federal statutory rate	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
State income taxes-net of federal tax benefit	1.70%	2.80%	2.90%
Fair value derivative adjustments	-11.70%	10.70%	-90.20%
Change in valuation allowance	-25.70%	-45.60%	56.60%
Write off of deferred equity financing costs	'	-5.60%	'
Other	-0.30%	-0.60%	'
Effective tax rate	-1.00%	-3.30%	4.30%

Income_Tax_Components_of_Defer

Income Tax - Components of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'
Compensation accruals	$6,021	$3,544
Stock options	4,041	2,595
Inventory	243	197
Warranty reserves	333	330
Deferred rent	1,795	1,804
Deferred revenue	22,592	17,430
Federal net operating loss (NOL)	63,731	41,556
State NOL	5,228	3,435
UNICAP adjustment	3,611	3,333
Finite-lived intangible assets	19,487	21,018
Other	2,210	1,817
Total deferred income tax assets	129,292	97,059
Fixed assets	-13,141	-8,514
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	-5,770	-4,949
Other	-111	-63
Total deferred income tax liabilities	-19,022	-13,526
Total deferred income tax	110,270	83,533
Valuation allowance	-116,040	-88,482
Net deferred income tax liability	($5,770)	($4,949)

Income_Tax_Additional_Informat

Income Tax - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]	'	'	'
Utilization of NOL and tax credit carryforwards due to ownership changes	50.00%	'	'
Interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions	$0	$0	$0
Liabilities For Interest and Potential Penalties	0	0	'
Federal net operating loss [Member]	'	'	'
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net operating loss carryforward	182	'	'
State NOL [Member]	'	'	'
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net operating loss carryforward	$107	'	'

Income_Tax_Schedule_of_Unrecog

Income Tax - Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'	'
Unrecognized tax benefits, Beginning balance	$223	'	'
Additions based on tax positions related to the prior year	'	223	'
Reductions based on tax positions related to the prior year	-223	'	'
Unrecognized tax benefits, Ending balance	'	$223	'

Leases_Additional_Information_

Leases - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Leases [Line Items]	'	'	'
Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives	$8,074,000	$3,671,000	$1,456,000
Deferred airborne lease incentives included in current liabilities	9,005,000	5,917,000	'
Deferred airborne lease incentives included in non-current liabilities	53,012,000	40,043,000	'
Property, plant and equipment	265,634,000	197,674,000	'
Present value of net minimum lease payments	4,194,000	'	'
Present value of net minimum lease payments, Current portion	1,200,000	'	'
Present value of net minimum lease payments, Non-current portion	3,000,000	'	'
Computer equipment [Member]	'	'	'
Leases [Line Items]	'	'	'
Annual interest rate imputed	10.00%	'	'
Property, plant and equipment	1,200,000	'	'
Network equipment [Member]	'	'	'
Leases [Line Items]	'	'	'
Property, plant and equipment	3,600,000	'	'
Airborne Lease [Member]	'	'	'
Leases [Line Items]	'	'	'
Revenue share expense, net of amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives	33,300,000	21,100,000	8,500,000
Certain Facilities and Equipment [Member]	'	'	'
Leases [Line Items]	'	'	'
Rental expense	5,700,000	5,000,000	4,300,000
Cell Site Leases [Member]	'	'	'
Leases [Line Items]	'	'	'
Rental expense	$7,600,000	$6,200,000	$5,500,000
Initial non-cancelable term	'5 years	'	'
Number of lease renewals	'	4	'

Leases_Annual_Future_Minimum_O

Leases - Annual Future Minimum Obligations for Operating Leases Other than Arrangements with Commercial Airline Partners (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Leases [Abstract]	'
2014	$12,647
2015	16,906
2016	18,175
2017	16,325
2018	13,356
Thereafter	$103,509

Leases_Annual_Future_Minimum_O1

Leases - Annual Future Minimum Obligation under Capital Leases (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Leases [Abstract]	'
2014	$1,598
2015	1,427
2016	1,195
2017	729
2018	123
Thereafter	'
Total minimum lease payments	5,072
Less: Amount representing interest	-878
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$4,194

Commitments_and_Contingencies_

Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
	Vendor
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]	'
Contingent annual cash rebate	$1.80
Commitment to purchase satellite based antenna and radome systems	26
Payment due to purchase satellite based antenna and radome systems	8.8
Number of vendors	2
Agreement of equipment purchase in fiscal year	27.8
Agreement of equipment purchase in second year	31.6
Agreement of equipment purchase in third year	32.9
Agreement of equipment purchase in fourth year	31.7
Agreement of equipment purchase in fifth year	15.6
Agreement of equipment purchase in sixth year	0.1
Refund to airline partner	25
Installation of our airline partner's international fleet	1-Jan-15
Penalties, installation and other costs	6
Minimum [Member]	'
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]	'
One time liquidated damages	1
Maximum [Member]	'
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]	'
One time liquidated damages	$5

Canadian_ATG_Spectrum_License_1

Canadian ATG Spectrum License - Additional Information (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jul. 17, 2012	Jul. 17, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
	USD ($)	USD ($)	License Agreement [Member]	License Agreement [Member]	License Agreement [Member]	License Agreement [Member]	License Agreement [Member]
			Canadian ATG Spectrum License Agreement [Member]	Canadian ATG Spectrum License Agreement [Member]	Canadian ATG Spectrum License Agreement [Member]	Canadian ATG Spectrum License Agreement [Member]	Canadian ATG Spectrum License Agreement [Member]
			USD ($)	USD ($)	USD ($)	CAD	Maximum [Member]
							USD ($)
Agreements [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Initial term of agreement	'	'	'10 years	'	'	'	'
Commencement date of agreement	'	'	14-Aug-12	'	'	'	'
Additional renewal period following the initial expiration	'	'	'10 years	'	'	'	'
Renewable period thereafter	'	'	'5 years	'	'	'	'
One-time agreement payment	'	'	'	'	$3,300,000	3,300,000	'
Expiration date of agreement between SkySurf with Industry Canada	'	'	29-Jun-19	'	'	'	'
Monthly payment during the initial term of agreement	'	'	'	'	100,000	100,000	'
One-time payment included in prepaid expenses	'	'	100,000	100,000	'	'	'
One-time payment included in other current assets and other non-current assets	2,749,000	3,080,000	2,749,000	3,080,000	'	'	'
Amortization period of agreement	'	'	'25 years	'	'	'	'
Total amortization expenses	'	'	100,000	'	'	'	100,000
Total amount of monthly payments incurred	'	'	$1,000,000	$400,000	'	'	'

Canadian_ATG_Spectrum_License_2

Canadian ATG Spectrum License - Summary of Amortization Expense (Detail) (Licensing Agreements [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Licensing Agreements [Member]	'
Schedule Of Estimated Future Amortization Expense [Line Items]	'
2014	$122
2015	122
2016	122
2017	122
2018	122
Thereafter	$2,261

Quarterly_Data_Unaudited_Summa

Quarterly Data (Unaudited ) - Summarized Quarterly Financial Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Total revenue	$92,554	$85,379	$79,437	$70,754	$63,523	$57,840	$57,879	$54,273	$328,124	$233,515	$160,156
Operating loss	-14,407	-10,898	-9,062	-10,300	-9,622	-8,632	-4,875	-4,308	-44,667	-27,437	-33,824
Net income (loss)	-22,105	-18,718	-55,989	-14,477	-19,104	-13,044	2,900	-3,466	-111,289	-32,714	23,615
Net loss to attributable to common stock	($22,105)	($18,718)	($72,578)	($32,450)	($35,961)	($29,010)	($13,089)	($17,580)	($145,851)	($95,640)	($17,897)
Net loss attributable to common stock per share - basic and diluted	($0.26)	($0.22)	($4.98)	($4.77)	($5.29)	($4.27)	($1.93)	($2.59)	($3.05)	($14.07)	($2.63)
Weighted average number of shares - basic and diluted	84,230	84,097	14,585	6,802	6,798	6,798	6,798	6,798	47,832,000	6,798,000	6,798,000

Parent_Company_Condensed_Finan2

Parent Company Condensed Financial Statements - Condensed Balance Sheets (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Assets:	'	'	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	$266,342	$112,576	$42,591	$18,883
Total assets	689,000	432,115	'	'
Liabilities and Stockholders' equity (deficit):	'	'	'	'
Total liabilities	418,810	263,514	'	'
Total redeemable preferred stock	'	614,378	551,452	453,385
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)	270,190	-445,777	-353,662	-330,373
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)	689,000	432,115	'	'
Parent Company [Member]	'	'	'	'
Assets:	'	'	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	173,928	'	15	'
Investments and advances with subsidiaries	102,253	173,803	'	'
Total assets	276,181	173,803	'	'
Liabilities and Stockholders' equity (deficit):	'	'	'	'
Total liabilities	5,991	5,202	'	'
Total redeemable preferred stock	'	614,378	'	'
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)	270,190	-445,777	'	'
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)	$276,181	$173,803	'	'

Parent_Company_Condensed_Finan3

Parent Company Condensed Financial Statements - Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Interest income	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	($64)	($77)	($72)
Fair value derivative adjustment	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	36,305	-9,640	-58,740
Write off of deferred equity financing costs	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	5,023	'
Other expense	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	2	22	40
Total other (income) expense	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	65,515	4,241	-58,492
Income (loss) before income taxes	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-110,182	-31,678	24,668
Income tax provision	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	1,107	1,036	1,053
Net income (loss)	-22,105	-18,718	-55,989	-14,477	-19,104	-13,044	2,900	-3,466	-111,289	-32,714	23,615
Preferred stock return	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-29,277	-52,427	-31,331
Accretion of preferred stock	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-5,285	-10,499	-10,181
Net loss to attributable to common stock	-22,105	-18,718	-72,578	-32,450	-35,961	-29,010	-13,089	-17,580	-145,851	-95,640	-17,897
Comprehensive income (loss)	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-111,694	-32,734	23,615
Parent Company [Member]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Interest income	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-18	'	'
Fair value derivative adjustment	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	36,305	-9,640	-58,740
Write off of deferred equity financing costs	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	5,023	'
Other expense	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	40
Total other (income) expense	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	36,287	-4,617	-58,700
Income (loss) before income taxes	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-36,287	4,617	58,700
Income tax provision	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	1,107	1,036	1,053
Equity losses of subsidiaries	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	73,895	36,295	34,032
Net income (loss)	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-111,289	-32,714	23,615
Preferred stock return	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-29,277	-52,427	-31,331
Accretion of preferred stock	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-5,285	-10,499	-10,181
Net loss to attributable to common stock	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	-145,851	-95,640	-17,897
Comprehensive income (loss)	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	($111,694)	($32,734)	$23,615

Parent_Company_Condensed_Finan4

Parent Company Condensed Financial Statements - Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	($111,289)	($32,714)	$23,615
Fair value derivative adjustment	36,305	-9,640	-58,740
Write off of deferred equity financing costs	'	5,023	'
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	17,790	30,052	9,931
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities - investments and advances with subsidiaries	-135,052	-78,853	-41,376
Financing activities	'	'	'
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriter commissions	173,910	'	'
Proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock	'	'	55,386
Other financing activities	'	'	57
Net cash provided by financing activities	271,056	118,776	55,153
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	153,766	69,985	23,708
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	112,576	42,591	18,883
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	266,342	112,576	42,591
Parent Company [Member]	'	'	'
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	-111,289	-32,714	23,615
Fair value derivative adjustment	36,305	-9,640	-58,740
Write off of deferred equity financing costs	'	5,023	'
Subsidiary equity losses	73,895	36,295	34,032
Other operating activities	910	929	957
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	-179	-107	-136
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities - investments and advances with subsidiaries	2,750	4,347	-54,524
Financing activities	'	'	'
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriter commissions	173,910	'	'
Proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock	'	'	55,386
Other financing activities	-2,553	-4,255	-711
Net cash provided by financing activities	171,357	-4,255	54,675
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	173,928	-15	15
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	'	15	'
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$173,928	'	$15