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Gander International Airport (YQX) → Petite Forte ferry wharf

Gander Airport (YQX) to South East Bight

Distance
305.5 km
Roads
Route 330Route 1Route 210Route 215
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Then a ferry to South East Bight

Passengers and freight only: no vehicles. The province gives the crossing as 25 minutes and posts summer and winter schedules.

Operated by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Current schedule →
Driving route from Gander International Airport (YQX) to Petite Forte ferry wharf: 305.5 km by road, via Routes 330 · 1 · 210 · 215.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

  1. Stop 1: North Atlantic Aviation MuseumDetour

    An aviation museum in Gander. Gander exists because of transatlantic flight, and this is where that story is kept. Check current hours with the museum.

    Stopping here adds 4 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Thomas Howe Demonstration ForestDetour

    The access road takes longer than its distance from the highway suggests.

    Stopping here adds 2.8 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Silent Witnesses MemorialDetour

    A memorial on Route 1 outside Gander, unveiled in 1990 for the lives lost in the Arrow Air crash of 12 December 1985. An American soldier stands atop a rock holding the hands of a civilian boy and girl, each child carrying an olive branch for the Screaming Eagles' peacekeeping mission in the Sinai; they were going home for Christmas. The trio look toward Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where a similar statue looks back.

    Stopping here adds 2.4 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Joey's LookoutDetour

    A two-minute stop for the bay below.

    Stopping here adds 11.5 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: Terra Nova National Park Visitor CentreDetour

    Off the Trans-Canada south of Glovertown. The visitor centre has a touch tank of sea life, and the park was the province's first Dark Sky Preserve, per the province's tourism site.

    Stopping here adds 2.7 km to the drive.

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  6. Stop 6: Swift Current

    The first community down Route 210, long a favourite for sport fishing, per the province's tourism site. It also names Vernon's Antique Car Museum here.

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⛽ 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 210 →Whole road: 5 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 105 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Electric: plan 262 km on a charge ↓

Drive measured Nov 6, 2026, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Petite Forte ferry wharf. Your maps app gives the time on the day. The ferry after it is not included. How we measure

Then the ferry to South East Bight — sailings & schedule →

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305.5 km. From Gander airport to the wharf at Petite Forte, for the boat to South East Bight, on Routes 330, 1, 210 and 215.

No road reaches South East Bight. The province’s ferry page gives the crossing from Petite Forte as 25 minutes, on the Marine Coaster III: passenger and freight, no vehicles, 34 passengers. It posts a summer and a winter schedule; open the current one before you drive.

Sunrise and sunset at Petite Forte, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:16 am7:51 am4:43 pm5:18 pm
Feb6:43 am7:14 am5:30 pm6:02 pm
Mar6:52 am7:22 am7:13 pm7:43 pm
Apr5:48 am6:21 am7:56 pm8:28 pm
May4:55 am5:32 am8:37 pm9:13 pm
Jun4:30 am5:10 am9:06 pm9:46 pm
Jul4:48 am5:26 am9:02 pm9:40 pm
Aug5:30 am6:04 am8:22 pm8:56 pm
Sep6:14 am6:45 am7:22 pm7:53 pm
Oct6:55 am7:26 am6:22 pm6:53 pm
Nov6:39 am7:13 am4:34 pm5:07 pm
Dec7:13 am7:49 am4:18 pm4:54 pm

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. First and last light are when the sun is 6° below the horizon: light enough to see and shoot by. The weather line at the top has today's.

Places to eat on the way

Near the start, the places are on the town's own list: where to eat in Gander →

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 103.7 km, after Robin's Donuts, until The Tea Rose.

Every one of them, in the order you pass them
  • Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 31.9
  • Family Pizzarestaurantkm 38.7 · 1870 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 68.3
  • Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 76.4 · 1229 m off the road
  • Snack shack.fast foodkm 115 · 624 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 144.1 · 1142 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 144.2 · 585 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 144.2 · 585 m off the road
  • Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 144.3 · 508 m off the road
  • Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 144.3 · 202 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 144.5 · 773 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 144.5 · 488 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 144.5 · 488 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 144.6 · 593 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 144.6 · 539 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 144.6 · 676 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 146.1 · 1264 m off the road
  • Brownings Pubpubkm 146.2 · 1212 m off the road
  • Flannigans Pubpubkm 146.2 · 1229 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 147.9
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 147.9
  • Breen'srestaurantkm 173.8 · 485 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutscafékm 173.8 · 865 m off the road
  • The Tea Roserestaurantkm 277.5 · 1230 m off the road

Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, read 2026-11-07 (how we measure). Missing one? Add it to the map or email us the details.

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Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Gander km 3, Glovertown km 68, Port Blandford km 116, Goobies km 174
Longest stretch without one
131 km
Goobies → Petite Forte ferry wharf, of 305 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Petite Forte ferry wharf
66.7 km
by road, at Marystown

No fast charger at Petite Forte ferry wharf. From the last fast charger, in Goobies, it is 131 km there and the same back: plan on about 262 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or go by way of Marystown and charge there (144 km from the charger at Goobies): then it is 66.7 km to Petite Forte ferry wharf and the same back, about 133 km on one charge.

The chargers

  • Gander km 3 of the drive, 1 km off it

    Orangestore 100 Trans-Canada Highway

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Glovertown km 68 of the drive

    Splash N Putt Resort Traytown, NL A0G 4K0

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Port Blandford km 116 of the drive

    Rudy’s Restaurant & Gas Bar 42 Blackmore’s Road

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Goobies km 174 of the drive

    Irving Oil 162 Trans Canada

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Marystown 66.7 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf by road

    Marystown Hotel and Convention Centre 180-190 Ville Marie Dr, Marystown, NL A0E 2M0

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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Charging: about 100 km of range every 15 minutes, and most EVs to 80% in less than an hour. You start it with a free ChargePoint account, with the ChargePoint app or card. NL Hydro, read November 1, 2026.

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, October 22, 2026): Gander, a second site in the same town (km 2; CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · ultra-fast, up to 175 kW to one car, 350 kW where a site has two or more chargers) and Clarenville (km 148; CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · ultra-fast, up to 175 kW to one car, 350 kW where a site has two or more chargers). Not counted until it opens.

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

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

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
21.3 km
Hayden's Point Road (0.23 km, 0.1 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf); Petit Forte Road (14.73 km, 4.4 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf); Petit Forte Road (3.55 km, 9.1 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf)
Mapped as paved
54%
151.1 km of 305.5 km driven
No surface tag on the map
38%
106.7 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 from a local Geofabrik extract (Overpass unreachable), checked 2026-11-06. 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 305.5 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 the South East Bight boat from Gander airport?＋

305.5 km by road from the terminal to the wharf at Petite Forte.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 330, 1, 210 and 215. Your maps app has the turns.

Can I take my car to South East Bight?＋

No. The province lists its vessel, the Marine Coaster III, as passenger and freight, no vehicles. Leave the car at Petite Forte.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on November 6, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/154350645 — Terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/3265813333 — the ferry wharf at Petite Forte, the end of the South East Bight ferry route. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms