Gander International Airport (YQX) → Triton
Gander International Airport (YQX) to Triton
- Drive time
- 3h 3m
- Distance
- 223.9 km
Conservative model estimate, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Triton — no stops, dry roads. Many of Newfoundland's provincial routes carry no speed limit in the open map data, so the router assumes a slow default: a driver who knows the road will beat this. Source: OSRM driving profile, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Triton, checked 2026-09-05.
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The terminal side — parking, arrivals, ground transport — is the airport's own information: Gander International Airport →
Leaving Gander, this drive runs west on the Trans-Canada past Grand Falls-Windsor and Bishop’s Falls before turning north onto Route 380, which carries the rest of the way up through Green Bay to Triton on its causeway-linked islands. It is a genuine cross-island leg, not a short hop — the drive above covers most of the distance on the Trans-Canada itself before the road narrows and turns coastal.
For Triton specifically, Deer Lake is the shorter drive, so most people making this trip from Gander are already headed that way for another reason — connecting through central Newfoundland, or coming from somewhere the eastern airport suits better. Either way, Grand Falls-Windsor sits early enough on the route to make a reasonable first stretch, and Route 380 itself is a quiet, well-paved run up into the bay.
Faded on the map: the other measured drives from Gander International into this same region, each its own page — Pilley's Island (2h 59m), Leading Tickles (2h 10m), King's Point (2h 42m), Botwood (1h 15m). Where a faded line leaves the solid one is where that drive forks from this one.
Worth stopping for
Mary March Provincial Museum
A short detour off the Trans-Canada in Grand Falls-Windsor, telling the story of the Beothuk and of central Newfoundland's interior. It sits near the start of this drive, before the highway turns north onto Route 380.
Stopping here adds about 3 min and 1.1 km to the drive.
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A viewpoint mapped directly on this route, a little under a third of the way from Gander toward Triton — beside the Trans-Canada at the Norris Arm junction, where Route 351 drops north. Somewhere to pull off and stretch: the turn north for Robert's Arm and Route 380 is still 123 km of driving away. Two more lookouts are mapped beside it; what the name refers to, no publisher we could find says.
Stopping here adds about 3 min and 2 km to the drive.
navigate: Organic · OsmAnd · Apple · Google · WazeTriton Sperm Whale Pavilion
Triton's own museum, right at the end of the drive — the name says plainly what it was built around, and it draws visitors north up Route 380 in its own right.
Stopping here adds about 1 min and 0 km to the drive.
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What has been recorded near here
Species reported within 50 km of Triton and shared to GBIF, the international record of species occurrences. The useful column is when — the months the reports cluster in.
- Humpback whalewhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeReports cluster in July, June50 reports on record
- Fin whalewhaleBalaenoptera physalusReports cluster in September, July, October42 reports on record
- Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in July, June, August23 reports on record
- Minke whalewhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrataReports cluster in July, June, August5 reports on record
- Atlantic puffinseabirdFratercula arcticaReports cluster in June, October5 reports on record
What this is not
- Not how many there are. A report means somebody looked, saw and wrote it down. A busy harbour with tour boats reports more than an empty coast with the same animals in it.
- Not a sighting you are promised. Nothing here says you will see one.
- Not complete. Only species we ask GBIF about appear, and only where somebody reported them.
From GBIF, queried 2026-09-14 — their record, not a copy of it.
When you get to Triton
- Where to eat in Triton → — 6 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- Gander km 3, Bishop’s Falls km 86, South Brook km 178
- Longest stretch without one
- 92 km
- Bishop’s Falls → South Brook, of 223 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Triton
- 45.8 km
- 47 min by road, at South Brook
NL Hydro lists an ultra-fast site coming in 2026 at Gander (km 3) — not counted above until it opens.
Source: NL Hydro's published fast-charging network map, exported 2026-09-13 — sites within 3 km of this route's measured line, the km read along it, the drive to the nearest site priced by OSRM. NL Hydro lists these as 62.5 kW DC with CCS and CHAdeMO plugs on a ChargePoint account; whether one is free or working right now is the app's to say. Level 2 chargers in towns are not counted.
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- none
- Mapped as paved
- 47%
- 96.2 km of 223.9 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 53%
- 107.5 km the map does not describe either way
Why it matters: Hertz Canada’s published rental terms — the one set of Canadian rental terms we could read in full, quoted not recommended — list “use off paved roads or on roads which are not regularly maintained” as misconduct that voids the damage waiver. Read the agreement you sign before leaving the lot. The terms themselves. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags via Overpass, checked 2026-09-06. A road with no tag is unknown, not paved; what any road is like today is on 511.
Eating on the way — measured, not recommended
52 places to eat that the open map data records within 2 km of this drive, in the order you would pass them. No stars, no prices, no opinions, and no opening hours — distance along the road is the one thing measured here that a directory cannot give you.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 58.5 km — after Riverside Diner, until Irving. That is the figure worth planning around.
- 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
- Irvingrestaurantkm 83.6
- Tim Hortonscafékm 83.6
- Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 83.7 · 423 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 96.7 · 488 m off the road
- Greco Pizzafast foodkm 96.8 · 383 m off the road
- Taiwanrestaurantkm 96.8 · 1240 m off the road
- Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 96.8 · 1261 m off the road
- Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 96.9 · 1171 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 97.4 · 969 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 97.5 · 379 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 97.6 · 409 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 97.6 · 519 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 97.6 · 721 m off the road
- Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 97.6 · 1245 m off the road
- War Wick'srestaurantkm 97.6 · 1338 m off the road
- Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 97.6 · 403 m off the road
- Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 97.6 · 422 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 97.6 · 267 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 97.8 · 846 m off the road
- Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 126.5
- Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 126.7
- Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 177.5
- Fudge's Restrauntrestaurantkm 219.1
What this list is not
- Not a recommendation. Nothing here is endorsed, reviewed or rated. It is in the order you drive past it.
- Not complete. Somewhere unmapped does not appear. This is never "all of them".
- Not open hours. We publish none, because the open data holds none. Never assume a kitchen is serving.
- Not necessarily still trading. A place that closed stays in the data until somebody removes it.
- Not for sale. No one can pay to appear here, to rank higher, or to have a rival removed.
Open map data is incomplete — somewhere unmapped does not appear here, and this is never "all of them" or "the good ones". A place that closed is also still on the map until somebody removes it, which is why no hours are shown and nothing here says a kitchen is open. From OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (which includes data from Meta, Foursquare and AllThePlaces); swept 2026-09-12. Map the one that is missing → and every site built on the open map gains it, this one included.
Before you go
These change. We link the people who keep them current rather than copying numbers that go stale here.
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. Most of this drive is unlit two-lane highway across the interior and then up Route 380, so plan around a late landing rather than pushing through after dark.
Check it now →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
The Trans-Canada across the interior and Route 380 north to Green Bay both see real winter weather. Check conditions before leaving the airport.
Check it now →
Arriving without a car
Every distance and time on this page is a drive. If you are not renting, here is what Gander International Airport Authority lists at this door — operators and numbers, not fares: a tariff is theirs to change, so it is linked and not copied.
No rideshare here.
No rideshare service is named anywhere on the Airport Authority's transport page. That is an absence read off the page on 2026-09-15, not an assumption — but it is the Authority's page, not a licensing register, so it says what the airport lists rather than what is legal.
Taxi
Busy Bee Cabs, which the Airport Authority says runs a 24-hour service available curbside in the Domestic Arrivals area.
Coach
DRL Coachlines runs a scheduled coach service across Newfoundland. The Airport Authority says a wheelchair-accessible bus needs 48 hours' notice.
Limousine
Nobel Limousines, listed by the Airport Authority.
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.
Gander International Airport Authority, read 2026-09-15 — the authority on what operates at this kerb, and the only place a current fare or timetable should come from.
Questions people actually ask
How far is Triton from Gander airport?＋
About 224 km — just over three hours on the Trans-Canada (Route 1) west from Gander, then Route 380 north into Green Bay.
Should I fly into Gander or Deer Lake for Triton?＋
Deer Lake is actually closer for Triton — about 174 km and 144 minutes, against 224 km and 183 minutes from Gander. If Triton is your main destination, Deer Lake is the shorter drive; Gander still makes sense if you are already routing through central or eastern Newfoundland.
Is it a difficult drive?＋
No — it is paved the whole way, first the Trans-Canada and then Route 380, which is a well-travelled secondary highway. The main thing to plan around is arriving after dark; see the moose note above.
Put this map on your site
If you run a place to stay, a tour, or a town page along this drive, this map answers the question your guests already email you: how far are you from the airport? Free, no account, and the measured figures stay current because they are ours to maintain.
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