Forward Air Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Segment Reporting (Details)

Segment Reporting (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	$ 205,918us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 171,569us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Depreciation and amortization	8,684	7,013
Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense	1,786	1,652
Interest expense	364us-gaap_InterestExpense	82us-gaap_InterestExpense
Interest income	1us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	7us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Income tax expense (benefit)	3,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	6,073us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income (loss)	4,837us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	10,202us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Total assets	715,387us-gaap_Assets	534,567us-gaap_Assets	541,805us-gaap_Assets
Capital expenditures	5,229	19,548
Number of reportable segments	3fwrd_NumberOfPrincipalReportingSegments
Forward Air [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	167,651	133,393
Intersegment revenues	1,053	793
Depreciation and amortization	6,155	4,942
Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense	1,741	1,609
Interest expense	364	81
Interest income	1	7
Income tax expense (benefit)	2,586	5,784
Net income (loss)	4,162	9,599
Total assets	790,815	604,727
Capital expenditures	2,797	10,995
FASI [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	27,041	27,222
Intersegment revenues	183	100
Depreciation and amortization	1,582	1,278
Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense	32	38
Interest expense		1
Income tax expense (benefit)	79	(23)
Net income (loss)	137	(1)
Total assets	44,439	42,829
Capital expenditures	190	3,681
TQI [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues	11,226	10,954
Intersegment revenues	37	107
Depreciation and amortization	947	793
Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense	13	5
Income tax expense (benefit)	335	312
Net income (loss)	538	604
Total assets	86,565	87,225
Capital expenditures	2,242	4,872
Elimination [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Intersegment revenues	(1,273)	(1,000)
Total assets	$ (206,432)	$ (200,214)