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Gander International Airport (YQX) → Gander

Gander Airport (YQX) to the town of Gander

Distance
3.7 km
Drive time
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Gander from the air: the town's grid of streets in the forest, the Trans-Canada curving past, and the land running flat to the horizon.
Gander from the air: the town's grid of streets in the forest, the Trans-Canada curving past, and the land running flat to the horizon.Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · source · CC BY-SA 2.0

No car? Every way from Gander ↓

Busy Bee CabsNo rideshare at Gander.

Driving route from Gander International Airport (YQX) to Gander: 3.7 km by road, via Routes .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), Dover (73 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: North Atlantic Aviation Museum

    On the Trans-Canada at 135, per the museum's own page: Gander's story from 1935 to 2001, the Second World War, the transatlantic crossroads years and 9/11. Hours are linked below.

    Stopping here adds 4 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Gander Heritage TrailsDetour

    Back toward the runways, not on the way into town. The town says these trails cover Gander's original 1930s to 1950s townsite in the former airport sectors. The ruins of the old town site are on the same ground.

    Stopping here adds 3.6 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Gander Heritage Trails ↑

Drive measured Oct 9, 2026, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Gander. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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3.7 km. The airport sits on the edge of town: terminal door to the town centre on town streets.

Why it is here. A first-time arrival still has to know which way town is. And the town grew out of the airport: the aviation museum on the Trans-Canada tells that story, and the town says the heritage trails cover the wartime townsite beside the runways.

Every drive onward from this airport is on the Gander page, and food in town is on eating in Gander. For a base, see where to base yourself.

When you get to Gander

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Short drives from Gander

An easy day out from GanderLewisporte 59 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 Gander it is 59 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Gander.

More, up to 71 km (9)

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
3 km
the YQX door → Gander, of 4 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Gander
at Gander

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
100%
2.5 km of 3.7 km driven
No surface tag on the map
0%
0 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 2026-10-09. Today's road conditions: 511.

Before you go

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

  • North Atlantic Aviation MuseumHours are the museum's own

    Check the museum's visiting hours before you plan a morning round them.

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  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November to April

    A short drive can still be hard in winter. Check the province's road conditions before you set out, here and onward.

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  • MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn

    The province states the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is about twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This drive is short and in town, but the drives onward from Gander are not.

    Check it now →

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.

Questions people actually ask

How far is the town of Gander from the airport?＋

3.7 km by road from the terminal door to the town centre as OpenStreetMap places it (node/304259858). It is town streets the whole way.

Can I get into town without a car?＋

[The no-car page for this airport](/no-car/gander) shows the taxis and buses the airport lists, and what you can walk to. Everything else on this site assumes a car.

Where should I stay?＋

This site does not name places to sleep. Our base guide compares Gander with nearby towns by distance, and Gander's visitor pages list what is in town.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 9, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/154350645 — Terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/304259858 — Gander.

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