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Gander International Airport (YQX) → Port Rexton

Gander Airport (YQX) to Port Rexton

Distance
198.9 km
Drive time
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Two tall sea stacks standing off a cliff and a grey stone beach on the Skerwink Trail at Port Rexton, the far shore of Trinity Bay behind.
Two tall sea stacks standing off a cliff and a grey stone beach on the Skerwink Trail at Port Rexton, the far shore of Trinity Bay behind.Photo: Jon Kolbert · source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Driving route from Gander International Airport (YQX) to Port Rexton: 198.9 km by road, via Routes 330 · 1 · 230.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Gander International into this area: Trinity (200 km), Cape Bonavista Lighthouse (248 km), Salvage (97 km), Burnside ferry terminal (94 km), Terra Nova National Park Visitor Centre (78 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Skerwink Trail lookoutDetour

    A lookout on the Skerwink Trail at Port Rexton, which Travel + Leisure listed among the 25 best hikes in North America and Europe, per the province's tourism site. The trail passes a sea stack called the Music Box; the province names kittiwakes, gannets and whales among what you can see from it.

    Stopping here adds 4.5 km to the drive.

    Directions →
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    Show on map: Skerwink Trail lookout ↑
⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
  • Route 330 →Whole road: 8 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 42 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 70% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 230 →Whole road: 8 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 45 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 4% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Oct 22, 2026, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Port Rexton. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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Port Rexton is the town of the Skerwink Trail, which Travel + Leisure listed among the 25 best hikes in North America and Europe, as the province’s tourism site notes. The drive is 199 km from Gander airport.

The trail is a 5.1 km loop past sea stacks: the Skerwink Trail page has the climb and the map. Trinity is a short drive on.

When you get to Port Rexton

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Short drives from Port Rexton

An easy day out from Port RextonTrinity 9.1 km awayIts own page measures from the Gander airport; from Port Rexton it is 9.1 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Port Rexton.

More, up to 68 km (7)

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, Glowertown km 68, Port Blandford km 116, Port Rexton km 198
Longest stretch without one
82 km
Port Blandford → Port Rexton, of 199 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Port Rexton
at Port Rexton

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Gander (km 2). Not counted until it opens.

NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported 2026-10-22. How we measure

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

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
0.5 km
Church Road (0.49 km, 0.3 km from Port Rexton)
Mapped as paved
48%
85.2 km of 198.9 km driven
No surface tag on the map
51%
90.4 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 2026-10-22. 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 says the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is 198.9 km, much of it unlit two-lane highway; plan the drive for daylight where you can.

    gov.nl.ca →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Conditions change fast on this coast. Check before you set off.

    511nl.ca →

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

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

Both checked October 7, 2026.

Rental counters at Gander, with numbers →

Arriving without a car

Not renting? Here's who Gander International Airport Authority lists at the terminal.

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

How far is Port Rexton from Gander airport?＋

198.9 km by road from the terminal to Port Rexton.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 330, 1 and 230. Your maps app has the turns.

Where does the Skerwink Trail start?＋

On Main Road in Port Rexton. The trail is a 5.1 km loop by our map: 4.7 km of path and 0.4 km back by road.

No recorded track yet.Drove it? Send yours →

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 22, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/154350645 — Terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1446542917 — Port Rexton.

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