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Blanc-Sablon Airport (YBX) → Forteau

Blanc-Sablon Airport (YBX) to Forteau

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Distance
26 km
Roads
138510
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The wharf at Forteau with fishing boats tied up, on a calm evening on the Strait of Belle Isle.
The wharf at Forteau with fishing boats tied up, on a calm evening on the Strait of Belle Isle.Photo: Maciej · source · CC BY-SA 2.0
Driving route from Blanc-Sablon Airport (YBX) to Forteau: 26 km by road, via Routes 138 · 510.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Blanc-Sablon into this area: Point Amour Lighthouse (41 km), Pinware (59 km), Red Bay (91 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

Drive measured Oct 24, 2026, Blanc-Sablon Airport (YBX) to Forteau. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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26 km. Blanc-Sablon airport to Forteau on Routes 138 and 510.

A village on Route 510, the Labrador Straits road.

Sunrise and sunset at Forteau, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January8:16 am4:36 pm
February7:32 am5:31 pm
March7:33 am7:21 pm
April6:22 am8:12 pm
May5:26 am9:01 pm
June4:59 am9:36 pm
July5:17 am9:29 pm
August6:02 am8:42 pm
September6:51 am7:34 pm
October7:40 am6:26 pm
November7:35 am4:29 pm
December8:16 am4:09 pm

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. The weather line at the top has today's.

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Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
2.1 km
Chemin de l'Aéroport (2.15 km, 16.6 km from Forteau)
Mapped as paved
91%
22.9 km of 26 km driven
No surface tag on the map
0%
0.1 km: surface not recorded

In a rental car: Hertz Canada’s terms say “use off paved roads or on roads which are not regularly maintained” voids the damage waiver. Check your own agreement. Hertz’s terms ↗. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags via Overpass, checked 2026-10-24. Today's road conditions: 511.

Before you go

These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.

  • MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn

    The province puts the likelihood of injury in a moose collision at twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daylight.

    gov.nl.ca →
  • Road conditionsYear round, most of all November to April

    Check 511 before you set out on Routes 138 and 510, and again before the drive back.

    511nl.ca →

Questions

How far is Forteau from Blanc-Sablon airport?+

26 km by road, on Routes 138 and 510. Your maps app gives the time on the day.

Is Blanc-Sablon airport in Labrador?+

No. It is on the Quebec side of the border, the nearest airport to the Labrador Straits.

What is at Forteau?+

A village on Route 510, the Labrador Straits road.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 24, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/266175356. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1848886552 — Forteau.

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