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Gander International Airport (YQX) → Comfort Cove-Newstead

Gander Airport (YQX) to Comfort Cove-Newstead

Distance
90.7 km
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Driving route from Gander International Airport (YQX) to Comfort Cove-Newstead: 90.7 km by road, via Routes 1 · 340 · 343.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), Twillingate (114 km), Farewell ferry terminal (86 km), Leading Tickles (148 km), Botwood (92 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: North Atlantic Aviation Museum

    An aviation museum in Gander, at the start of the drive. Gander exists because of transatlantic flight, and this museum keeps that story. Check current hours with the museum.

    Stopping here adds 1.5 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Glenwood Provincial Park

    A campground just off the Trans-Canada, about a fifth of the way along. It is not one of ParksNL's provincial parks or reserves, so check who runs it and whether it is open before relying on it.

    Stopping here adds 0.3 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Glenwood Provincial Park ↑

  3. Stop 3: Notre Dame Provincial ParkDetour

    The one ParksNL park on this drive, about halfway, near where the road turns north off the Trans-Canada. ParksNL publishes its season.

    Stopping here adds 2 km to the drive.

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Route 1 · Route 340

Drive measured Oct 15, 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 ↓Airport info: Gander International Airport →

A small fishing town outside Campbellton, on the Bay of Exploits arm of Notre Dame Bay. Most of the drive is the Trans-Canada west from Gander; the last stretch turns north on Route 340, the road toward New World Island and Twillingate, then off on Route 343 to the coast.

Lewisporte, the Boyd’s Cove Beothuk site and the parks and lookouts of New World Island are all day trips from here, measured below.

Places to eat on the way

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 33.9 km — after Riverside Diner, until Greco Pizza.

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
  • KFCfast foodkm 2.2
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 2.2 · 268 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 2.2
  • 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
  • Greco Pizzarestaurantkm 59
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 59
  • Subwayfast foodkm 59
  • KFCfast foodkm 59.1
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 59.3 · 165 m off the road

Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-10-16. How we measure · Add a missing place

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Short drives from Comfort Cove-Newstead

An easy day out from Comfort Cove-NewsteadLewisporte 35 km awayYou land at Gander and Lewisporte is 63 km north-west: the Trans-Canada west, then Routes 340 and 341 north to the bay.Its own page measures from the Gander airport; from Comfort Cove-Newstead it is 35 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Comfort Cove-Newstead.

More, up to 84 km (5)

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, Lewisporte km 59
Longest stretch without one
56 km
Gander → Lewisporte, of 91 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Comfort Cove-Newstead
31.9 km
by road, at Lewisporte

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
none
Mapped as paved
17%
10.1 km of 90.7 km driven
No surface tag on the map
83%
48.2 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 2026-10-16. Today's road conditions: 511.

Before you go

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

  • Provincial parksSeasonal — typically late spring into the fall

    Notre Dame is a provincial park whose dates move year to year; ParksNL publishes them. The other campground on this route is not a ParksNL site, so check with its operator.

    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. More than half of this drive is Trans-Canada at highway speed, which is where that risk is sharpest.

    Check it now →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Check before leaving the airport.

    Check it now →

Onward from Comfort Cove-Newstead

The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.

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, Comfort Cove-Newstead back to Gander is the same distance: 91 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 2026-10-16, the same way as the drive out. How we measure

Questions people actually ask

How far is the drive from Gander Airport to Comfort Cove-Newstead?＋

90.7 km from the airport terminal to the centre of Comfort Cove-Newstead.

What route do I take from YQX to Comfort Cove-Newstead?＋

Out of the airport and west on the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 1), north on Route 340, then Route 343 into the town.

How far is Twillingate from Comfort Cove-Newstead?＋

85 km by road, on Routes 343 and 340 north over the causeways. From Gander airport it is 113.8 km, so a stay here puts Twillingate 28.8 km closer.

Do I need a rental car?＋

Plan on one. This is 90.7 km from a regional airport to a small fishing town, and Twillingate, Lewisporte and the islands are further drives from there.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 15, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/154350645 — Terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1489610212 — Comfort Cove-Newstead.

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