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Gander International Airport (YQX) → Botwood

Gander Airport (YQX) to Botwood

Distance
92.1 km
Drive time
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Preserved Catalina flying boat on the Botwood waterfront, bay and Killick Island behind.
Preserved Catalina flying boat on the Botwood waterfront, bay and Killick Island behind.Photo: Mike from Vancouver, Canada · source · CC BY-SA 2.0
Driving route from Gander International Airport (YQX) to Botwood: 92.1 km by road, via Routes 1 · 350.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Gander International into this area: Lewisporte (63 km), Grand Falls-Windsor (98 km), Leading Tickles (148 km), Triton (224 km), Comfort Cove-Newstead (91 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Pat O'Reilly Memorial ArenaDetour

    Bishop's Falls' indoor arena, mapped just off the Route 350 junction where this drive leaves the Trans-Canada. OpenStreetMap tags it multi-sport with hockey. The town sets ice times; confirm before you go.

    Stopping here adds 1.2 km to the drive.

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⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾

Route 1 · Route 350

Electric: plan 178 km on a charge ↓

Drive measured Aug 31, 2026, terminal to town centre. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Download GPX (offline, Garmin)Airport info: Gander International Airport →

92.1 km. Gander airport to Botwood on the Bay of Exploits: west on the Trans-Canada, then north on Route 350. It is not on the way to Twillingate or the Fogo ferry, so treat it as its own half-day. Why people come. Before the runway, the North Atlantic was crossed by flying boats, which needed sheltered water. This is the water they used.

When you get to Botwood

Places to eat on the way

29 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 66.7 km — after Riverside Diner, to Botwood.

Every one of them, in the order you pass them
  • The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 1.8 · 782 m off the road
  • Rosie's Restaurant & Bakeryrestaurantkm 1.8 · 898 m off the road
  • Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 2 · 235 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 2 · 264 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 2.1
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 2.1
  • Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 2.1 · 703 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 2.1 · 398 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 2.2 · 268 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 2.3
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 2.3
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 2.4 · 816 m off the road
  • Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 2.4 · 269 m off the road
  • The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 2.4
  • Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 2.5
  • Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 2.6
  • Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.6
  • Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.6
  • New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.6
  • Pizza Housefast foodkm 2.6
  • East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 2.6
  • Grecofast foodkm 2.6
  • DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 2.6 · 958 m off the road
  • Louis Geesfast foodkm 2.7 · 189 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 3.1 · 918 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 3.2 · 774 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 3.2 · 845 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 3.2 · 784 m off the road
  • Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 25.1 · 598 m off the road

Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-09-12. How we measure · Add a missing place

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Short drives from Botwood

An easy day out from BotwoodGrand Falls-Windsor 33 km away98.3 km straight down the Trans-Canada — the largest town between Gander and Deer Lake, and the one with everything open.Its own page measures from the Gander airport; from Botwood it is 33 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Botwood.

More, up to 60 km (6)

Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap October 16, 2026, from where this route ends. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Gander km 3
Longest stretch without one
89 km
Gander → Botwood, of 92 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Botwood
22.1 km
by road, at Bishop’s Falls

No fast charger at Botwood. From Gander it is 89 km there and the same back: plan on about 178 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Bishop’s Falls, 22.1 km from Botwood by road, off this drive's own road.

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-10): Gander (km 3). Not counted until it opens.

NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported 2026-10-10. How we measure

Every route compared →NL Hydro: plan your road trip →

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
0.4 km
Pump House Road (0.38 km, 0.2 km from Botwood)
Mapped as paved
26%
18.3 km of 92.1 km driven
No surface tag on the map
73%
50.6 km: surface not recorded

Why it matters: 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. The terms themselves. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags via Overpass, checked 2026-09-06. Today's road conditions: 511.

Before you go

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

  • MuseumsSeasonal, and each operator sets its own dates

    Small local groups run the aviation collections, and each sets its own season. Check the place before you plan a day around it.

    Check it now →

  • MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn

    The province states that the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Route 350 north off the Trans-Canada is unlit.

    Check it now →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Trans-Canada as far as the turn, then a spur north to the water. Check before setting out.

    Check it now →

The trails

Renting a car? Book the car when you book the flight.

Summer rentals sell out, says NL Tourism, and in June 2026 CTV reported St. John's airport agencies booked for nearly all of summer.

Both read 2026-10-07.

Arriving without a car

Not renting? Here's who Gander International Airport Authority lists at the door. Fares change, so we link to them instead.

No rideshare here.

The Airport Authority's transport page lists no rideshare service (checked 2026-09-15).

  • Taxi

    Busy Bee Cabs, which the Airport Authority says runs a 24-hour service available curbside in the Domestic Arrivals area.

    (709) 256-1444

  • Coach

    DRL Coachlines runs the island's one scheduled coach, once a day each way, between St. John's and the Marine Atlantic terminal at Port aux Basques. It stops at Gander Airport itself (the restaurant), and at Lewisporte, Grand Falls-Windsor, Deer Lake and Corner Brook among others. It reaches no island and no national park. Tickets are bought on the bus, cash only. The Airport Authority says a wheelchair-accessible bus needs 48 hours' notice. Times and fares are DRL's: drl-lr.com.

    (888) 263-1852

  • Limousine

    Nobel Limousines, listed by the Airport Authority.

    (709) 535-2457

Avis, Budget, National and Enterprise are listed at the airport. The Authority says accessible vehicles with wheelchair accommodation or hand controls are limited and need 48 hours' notice.

Source: Gander International Airport Authority,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.

The drive back

Measured the other way, Botwood back to Gander is the same distance: 92 km.

Plan back from your check-in time. Give the planner your flight time and it tells you when to set off.

How early to arrive depends on the carrier and the season: check Gander International Airport →

Return measured 2026-09-29, the same way as the drive out. How we measure

Questions people actually ask

How far is the drive from Gander Airport to Botwood?＋

92.1 km: west on the Trans-Canada, then north on Route 350 to the Bay of Exploits.

Why Botwood?＋

Before there were runways long enough for transatlantic aircraft, flying boats made the crossing, and they needed sheltered water. Botwood was that water. If aviation history brought you to Gander, the airport is only part of it.

Should I fly into Gander or Deer Lake?＋

Gander: 92 km against 242 km from Deer Lake.

Can I combine it with anything?＋

Lewisporte is close, on the same bay, and Bishop's Falls is on the road in. Botwood is not on the way to Twillingate or the Fogo ferry.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on August 31, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/154350645 — passenger terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap relation/2856959 — town boundary, measured at its centre.

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