Timberline Helicopters is a global leader in advanced helicopter operations that is headquartered in Sandpoint with over 120 employees.
Timberline Helicopters offers a variety of services. The company has a flight operations department that sends out its helicopter fleet for service firefighting in the summer season, ski lift construction and utility work for power companies across the U.S. They also have a repair station based in Sandpoint, aerospace parts and manufacturing certification departments, and a corporate heli-logging division.
With locations in Sandpoint and numerous locations across the globe, Timberline’s decision where to locate their next expansion was a thorough process, according to Tyson Davis, president of Timberline Helicopters.
Davis said when choosing their next location, they had to look at long-term growth, and to find a place that would allow the company to move globally at a moment’s notice.
Most importantly, they wanted to find a location the company could call home for a long time.
Sandpoint stood out for the company, not just because it is the location of their headquarters, or that Davis himself is an Idaho resident, but also because of the area’s highly skilled and motivated workforce, business-friendly regulatory environment and strong support from state and local government.
In addition to Idaho’s attractive qualities, Davis said what “sealed the deal” for the company was the TRI award the company received in February 2025.
“The TRI was a very decisive factor in our location strategy,” Davis said. “It demonstrated the state’s long-term partnership. The TRI program provided us with the confidence to accelerate our expansion timeline, helped us create more jobs and deepen the local roots.”
Davis said he looks forward to the future of Timberline Helicopters with this expansion.
“The future is really bright for us, this new 50,000 square-foot hangar is just the starting point of the nucleus on where we are going,” Davis said. “We are planning on expanding in different areas of our business, and we are looking forward to being in Sandpoint for a very long time.”
Timberline’s $13 million facility expansion will create approximately 24 new jobs.
This story was reposted from the FY2025 Annual Report. Read the full report here.