Arriving at St. John's
St. John's without a car
Every drive here assumes a car, and outside town there's usually no other way. Below: what you can walk to, and who the airport lists at the door.
Terminal to downtown St. John's: 7 km on foot, about 1h 33m. Too far with luggage: take a taxi or a bus from the list below, then walk from town.
Already in town, off a ship or in a hotel? What you can walk to from downtown St. John's ↓ Anything further than that is a taxi or a tour.
On foot from downtown St. John's
Within an hour's walk, nearest first.
- Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist stop8 min walk · 0.6 km
- The Rooms stop8 min walk · 0.6 km
- Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km stop8 min walk · 0.6 km
- Colonial Building stop12 min walk · 0.9 km
- Apothecary Hall stop15 min walk · 1.1 km
- Railway Coastal Museum stop18 min walk · 1.4 km
- The Battery stop23 min walk · 1.7 km
- Signal Hill Visitor Centre stop29 min walk · 2.2 km
- North Head Trail trail34 min walk · 2.5 km
- Signal Hill (Cabot Tower) place36 min walk · 2.7 km
- Quidi Vidi stop39 min walk · 2.9 km
Walking times are OSRM foot profile (routing.openstreetmap.de/routed-foot), OpenStreetMap paths, measured 2026-10-14, at a steady pace with no stops: read them as the least it will take. downtown St. John's is OpenStreetMap node/236053950 (place=city).
Arriving without a car
Not renting? Here's who St. John's International Airport Authority lists at the door. Fares change, so we link to them instead.
Rideshare: it depends who you ask.
The Airport Authority's own ground-transportation pages name City Wide Taxi as “the exclusive provider of ground transportation services for the public” and do not mention rideshare anywhere. Uber publishes pickup instructions for YYT, and the Airport's own account welcomed Uber in 2024. Both are true. The Authority's pages govern the kerb, so check them on the day.
Taxi
City Wide Taxi, which the Airport Authority names as the exclusive provider for the public. Cabs queue outside the Arrivals area and a dispatcher is there to help. The Authority publishes preset fares to named hotels and a meter-plus-surcharge rate everywhere else.
Public transit
Metrobus route 14 runs between the airport and the St. John's metro region, including Memorial University. There are two stops at the airport: one near the arrivals area, and one on World Parkway by the Holiday Inn Express. The Authority says Metrobus has committed to a wheelchair-accessible service on this route and can take large, non-folding mobility aids. Schedule and fares are Metrobus's.
Source: St. John's International Airport Authority,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.
Everything else from St. John's is a drive: every measured drive from the St. John's airport →