Quest Kodiak

Kodiak
Role	Light transport aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Quest Aircraft
Designer	Evan Mortenson
First flight	October 16, 2004
Introduction	May 13, 2005
Status	In production
Primary users	Mission Aviation Fellowship JAARS
Produced	2007-present
Number built	163 (2015)
Unit cost	$1.7 million ("green aircraft") (2012)

The Quest Kodiak is an American high-wing, unpressurized, single-engine turboprop-powered fixed tricycle landing gear aircraft built by Quest Aircraft, suitable for utility applications on unimproved airfields. A skydiving version has been certificated.

The Kodiak is intended more for the utilitarian market, although an executive "Summit interior" with club seating was introduced in 2014.

Engineering design began in 1999, while the company organization was being finalized. The goal was to create a utilitarian vehicle capable of carrying 10+ persons, using aluminum construction, short-field capability, and good useful load. Large contributors to the Kodiak's STOL performance are a fixed, discontinuous leading edge on the outboard wing and the high performance Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 turboprop engine of 750 hp (559 kW).

Passenger seats in the Kodiak are track-mounted and easily removed. It has standard access doors for pilot and co-pilot positions, with a clamshell door (48.5" × 50") in the aft fuselage for cargo loading or for access to the other eight passenger positions (the lower half of the clamshell door has automatically extending/retracting steps).

In June 2010, Wipaire, Inc. was granted Supplemental Type Certification allowing Wipline 7000 Amphibious Floats to be installed on Kodiaks. In November of that same year it was also certified for flight into known icing after the installation of a TKS system, which protects exposed surfaces via glycol-based fluids.

The first Kodiak was delivered to launch customer Spirit Air in January 2008. As of September 2013, a total of 100 Kodiaks had been built, with the 100th aircraft being delivered to US operator Sunstate Aviation. The Kodiak was designed for use by mission societies, and several aircraft have been delivered to organisations such as Mission Aviation Fellowship and JAARS. Some of the Kodiaks built have been produced under Quest Aircraft's Quest Mission Team (QMT) program. The QMT program aims to sell one of every eleven Kodiaks built to a mission organisation at cost price.