Gander International Airport (YQX) → Botwood
Gander Airport (YQX) to Botwood
- Drive time
- 1h 15m
- Distance
- 92.1 km
- Routes
- 1, 350
Free-flow estimate, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Botwood — no stops, dry roads.Source: OSRM driving profile, terminal door to town centre, checked 2026-08-31.
Gander airport exists because of the North Atlantic, and everybody who lands there knows the runway half of that story. Botwood is the half before it: when the crossing was flown by flying boats, what was needed was sheltered water, and this is the water they used.
It is an hour and a quarter from the terminal, on the Bay of Exploits. If the reason you are interested in Gander at all is aviation, this is the other end of the same thread.
Before you go
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MuseumsSeasonal, and each operator sets its own dates
The aviation heritage here is held by small local organisations rather than a national body, so opening is seasonal and set by whoever runs each collection. Check the specific place before building 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 →
Questions people actually ask
How long is the drive from Gander Airport to Botwood?＋
About 1 hour 15 minutes, covering 92.1 km — west on the Trans-Canada, then north on Route 350 to the Bay of Exploits. That is a free-flow estimate on dry roads with no stops.
Why Botwood?＋
Because it is the other half of the story that makes Gander airport worth landing at. Before there were runways long enough for transatlantic aircraft, the crossing was flown by flying boats, and they needed sheltered water rather than tarmac. Botwood was that water. If the aviation history is what brought you here, the airport is only part of it.
Should I fly into Gander or Deer Lake?＋
Gander, decisively: 1 hour 15 against 3 hours 8 from Deer Lake.
Can I combine it with anything?＋
Lewisporte is close — the two sit on the same bay — and Grand Falls-Windsor is on the road in. It is not on the way to Twillingate or the Fogo ferry, though, so treat it as its own half-day rather than a stop.
Every distance, drive time 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.