Daher Kodiak (formerly Quest Aircraft)

Quest Aircraft Company was founded in 2001 in Sandpoint, Idaho, to build the Kodiak, a rugged turboprop for short and unpaved airstrips. The company is now part of Daher, and its old website forwards to kodiak.aero. The aircraft is still built in Sandpoint and sold as the Daher Kodiak.

Aircraft

Kodiak 100

• Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 engine, 750 shaft horsepower
• Five blade Hartzell composite propeller for shorter take offs
• Range up to 1,132 NM (2,096 km)
• Cruise up to 174 KTAS at 12,000 ft
• Garmin G1000 NXi flight deck
• Float ready, with a discontinuous leading edge wing for low speed handling

Kodiak 900

• Pratt & Whitney PT6A-140A engine, 900 shaft horsepower, 20 percent more than the Kodiak 100
• Cruise up to 210 knots and up to 9.2 hours endurance
• Longer cabin with more passenger and cargo space
• Keeps the short take off and landing performance of the Kodiak 100

Missions

Kodiaks fly passengers, cargo and backcountry trips, and special missions such as law enforcement, surveillance, medical evacuation, wildfire response, search and rescue and disaster relief. Operators named on the site include the Maine Marine Patrol and state police units.

Support

• AOG support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Factory taught maintenance training for customer mechanics
• Pilot training with SIMCOM in Scottsdale, Arizona, and in Europe and worldwide with Safe Horizons
• Me&MyKodiak app for aircraft status and documents
• Dealers and service centres across North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia

Company facts

• Quest Aircraft founded in 2001 by Paul Schaller in Sandpoint, Idaho
• Now a Daher aircraft; Daher calls itself the world's oldest aircraft manufacturer still in operation
• Daher Aircraft locations on the Kodiak site: Sandpoint, Idaho; Pompano Beach, Florida; Louey, France

Contact

Sandpoint: +1 208 263 1111
Details from kodiak.aero, October 2026.