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St. John's International Airport (YYT) → Port au Choix

St. John's Airport (YYT) to Port au Choix

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Distance
870.8 km
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Limestone shore and tidal pools on Ingornachoix Bay at Port au Choix, bright blue-sky day.
Limestone shore and tidal pools on Ingornachoix Bay at Port au Choix, bright blue-sky day.Photo: Ryan Hodnett · source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Driving route from St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Port au Choix: 870.8 km by road, via Routes 40 · 1 · 430.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

  1. Stop 1: Joey's Lookout

    A mapped viewpoint on the Trans-Canada east of Gander, effectively on the road. OpenStreetMap records only the name and that it is a viewpoint. It is easy to miss at highway speed.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: 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 0.1 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour

    A reconstructed 1920s logging camp on the west side of Grand Falls-Windsor, mapped right beside the driven line. Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and the museum shows that work.

    Stopping here adds 4.3 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Newfoundland Insectarium

    An insect museum in Deer Lake. Check its hours before detouring with kids in the car.

    Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: Western Brook Pond trailhead

    The trailhead for the walk in to Gros Morne's most photographed water, the landlocked fjord on half the province's postcards. Parks Canada and the boat operator describe the walk and the tour. The parking is right off the highway.

    Stopping here adds 0.3 km to the drive.

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  6. Stop 6: The Arches Provincial Park

    Sea-carved limestone arches in the surf right beside Route 430. The map holds the park as a reserve and names the rock formation. A ten-minute leg-stretch. ParksNL lists it as day use; keep back from the sea.

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⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
  • Route 40 →Whole road: 6 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 5.7 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 28% 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 430 →Whole road: 17 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 97 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 44% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Port au Choix. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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870.8 km. From St. John’s airport to Port au Choix, on Routes 40, 1 and 430.

When you get to Port au Choix

Sunrise and sunset at Port au Choix, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January8:14 am4:41 pm
February7:32 am5:34 pm
March7:34 am7:23 pm
April6:26 am8:13 pm
May5:31 am8:59 pm
June5:05 am9:33 pm
July5:23 am9:27 pm
August6:06 am8:41 pm
September6:53 am7:35 pm
October7:41 am6:28 pm
November7:34 am4:34 pm
December8:14 am4:14 pm

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. The weather line at the top has today's.

Places to eat on the way

57 near the start: where to eat in St. John's →
2 near Port au Choix: where to eat near Port au Choix →

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 128.8 km — after Eddies Restaurant, until Tim Hortons.

All 157, in the order you pass them — open the list
  • Breezewaypubkm 5 · 1246 m off the road
  • Jumping Beancafékm 5 · 1435 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 5 · 1275 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 5 · 1282 m off the road
  • Manchu Wokfast foodkm 5 · 1290 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 5 · 1304 m off the road
  • Just Friesfast foodkm 5 · 1309 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 5.1 · 1539 m off the road
  • The Pantry (Autism Society Foundation Room)restaurantkm 5.2 · 764 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 5.3 · 1855 m off the road
  • The Guv'nor Pubpubkm 5.3 · 1851 m off the road
  • Domino'sfast foodkm 5.4 · 1920 m off the road
  • The Bigs Ultimate Sports Grillrestaurantkm 5.5 · 1887 m off the road
  • Old Town Pizzafast foodkm 5.6 · 1911 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 5.6 · 1920 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 6.1 · 1819 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 6.1 · 1784 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 6.1 · 1803 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 6.1 · 1831 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 6.1 · 1797 m off the road
  • Mr. Souvlakifast foodkm 6.1 · 1790 m off the road
  • Peters Pizzarestaurantkm 6.1 · 1740 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 6.1 · 1998 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 7 · 1231 m off the road
  • Red Pepper Restaurantrestaurantkm 7 · 1894 m off the road
  • Cora'srestaurantkm 7 · 1961 m off the road
  • Scamper's Snack Barrestaurantkm 7 · 1806 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 7 · 1237 m off the road
  • Montana'srestaurantkm 7 · 1978 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 8.3 · 1855 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 14.7 · 254 m off the road
  • Kozy Kitchenrestaurantkm 14.7
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 14.7 · 206 m off the road
  • Mr. G's Loungepubkm 14.7 · 338 m off the road
  • Ocean Sushirestaurantkm 14.7 · 331 m off the road
  • Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 14.7 · 345 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 14.7 · 283 m off the road
  • Tiny's Bar and Grillrestaurantkm 14.7 · 325 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 14.8 · 540 m off the road
  • Ye's Wokrestaurantkm 14.9 · 655 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 14.9 · 728 m off the road
  • Coffee Matters Paradisecafékm 15 · 726 m off the road
  • Domino'sfast foodkm 15.2 · 1097 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 15.2 · 1173 m off the road
  • Cojonesrestaurantkm 15.2 · 1069 m off the road
  • Pizza Housefast foodkm 15.3 · 1855 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 15.3 · 535 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 15.7 · 449 m off the road
  • Donovan's Irvingrestaurantkm 15.9 · 622 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 16.5 · 1700 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 16.5 · 1698 m off the road
  • Canteenrestaurantkm 16.9 · 1756 m off the road
  • Starbuckscafékm 17.1 · 1642 m off the road
  • Pizza Hutrestaurantkm 17.1 · 1773 m off the road
  • Five Guysrestaurantkm 17.1 · 1674 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 17.1 · 1939 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 17.1 · 1883 m off the road
  • Costco Food Courtfast foodkm 17.2 · 1456 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 88.6
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 89.2
  • Subwayfast foodkm 89.2
  • A&Wfast foodkm 89.3
  • Meghan's Restaurantrestaurantkm 136.6
  • Robin's Donutscafékm 160.8
  • Breen'srestaurantkm 161.1
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 187.6
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 187.6
  • Brownings Pubpubkm 189.3 · 1212 m off the road
  • Flannigans Pubpubkm 189.3 · 1229 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 189.4 · 1264 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 190.9 · 593 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 190.9 · 539 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 190.9 · 676 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 191 · 773 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 191 · 488 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 191 · 488 m off the road
  • Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 191.2 · 508 m off the road
  • Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 191.2 · 200 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 191.3 · 585 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 191.3 · 585 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 191.4 · 1142 m off the road
  • Snack shack.fast foodkm 220.5 · 624 m off the road
  • Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 259.1 · 1229 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 267.2
  • Family Pizzarestaurantkm 296.8 · 1870 m off the road
  • Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 303.6
  • The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 332.6 · 1906 m off the road
  • Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 332.8 · 869 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 332.8 · 845 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 332.9 · 816 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 332.9 · 1036 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 332.9 · 1045 m off the road
  • Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 332.9 · 1795 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 333 · 1104 m off the road
  • Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 333 · 800 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 333 · 1480 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 333 · 1110 m off the road
  • The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 333.2 · 1143 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 333.3 · 956 m off the road
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 333.3 · 1866 m off the road
  • DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 333.4
  • Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 333.6 · 974 m off the road
  • Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 333.6 · 986 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 333.6
  • Louis Geesfast foodkm 333.6 · 809 m off the road
  • Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 333.6 · 869 m off the road
  • New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 333.6 · 906 m off the road
  • Pizza Housefast foodkm 333.6 · 954 m off the road
  • East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 333.6 · 949 m off the road
  • Grecofast foodkm 333.6 · 883 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 333.8
  • A&Wfast foodkm 334.1
  • Subwayfast foodkm 334.1
  • Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 355.4 · 600 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 413.9
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 413.9
  • Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 414 · 425 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 427 · 488 m off the road
  • Greco Pizzafast foodkm 427.1 · 383 m off the road
  • Taiwanrestaurantkm 427.1 · 1240 m off the road
  • Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 427.1 · 1259 m off the road
  • Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 427.2 · 1171 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 427.7 · 967 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 427.8 · 379 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 427.9 · 409 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 427.9 · 519 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 427.9 · 721 m off the road
  • Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 427.9 · 1245 m off the road
  • War Wick'srestaurantkm 427.9 · 1338 m off the road
  • Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 427.9 · 403 m off the road
  • Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 427.9 · 422 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 427.9 · 266 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 428.1 · 846 m off the road
  • Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 456.7
  • Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 456.9
  • Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 507.7
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 636.5 · 1623 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 636.5 · 508 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 636.5 · 1584 m off the road
  • Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 636.5 · 349 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 636.5 · 1839 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 636.5 · 1744 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonfast foodkm 636.5 · 393 m off the road
  • Wingn' itrestaurantkm 636.6 · 1148 m off the road
  • Funland Resortrestaurantkm 643.6 · 937 m off the road
  • food truckfast foodkm 702.8 · 952 m off the road
  • Fisherman's Landingrestaurantkm 703.2 · 577 m off the road
  • Earle‘srestaurantkm 703.2 · 1940 m off the road
  • SunSet Cafécafékm 703.2 · 635 m off the road
  • Jackie‘sfast foodkm 703.2 · 1648 m off the road
  • Anchor Pubpubkm 703.2 · 566 m off the road
  • Oceansrestaurantkm 703.2 · 554 m off the road
  • Buoy & Arrowrestaurantkm 703.2 · 348 m off the road
  • Treasure Box Crafts & Cafecafékm 703.2 · 715 m off the road
  • Whale‘s Back Grub Hubrestaurantkm 722.3
  • C&P Take-Outfast foodkm 844.4
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 844.7

Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-10-18. How we measure · Add a missing place

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Short drives from Port au Choix

Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Port au Choix.

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
Paradise km 16, St. John’s km 17, Goobies km 162, Port Blandford km 221, Glowertown km 268, Gander km 334, Bishop’s Falls km 417, South Brook km 509, Deer Lake km 638, Rocky Harbour km 704, Cow Head km 750, Port Au Choix km 869
Longest stretch without one
145 km
St. John’s → Goobies, of 869 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Port au Choix
at Port Au Choix

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): St. John’s (km 17) and Whitbourne (km 89) and Clarenville (km 188) and Gander (km 334) and Deer Lake (km 635). 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
none
Not proof it is all paved: 69% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
31%
248.1 km of 870.8 km driven
No surface tag on the map
69%
560.6 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 2026-10-19. 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 870.8 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 at one end of the island say little about the other. 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 St. John's, with numbers →

Arriving without a car

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

Rideshare: it depends who you ask.

The Airport Authority's own ground-transportation pages name City Wide Taxi as “the exclusive provider of ground transportation services for the public” and do not mention rideshare anywhere. Uber publishes pickup instructions for YYT, and the Airport's own account welcomed Uber in 2024. Both are true. The Authority's pages govern the kerb, so check them on the day.

  • Taxi

    City Wide Taxi, which the Airport Authority names as the exclusive provider for the public. Cabs queue outside the Arrivals area and a dispatcher is there to help. The Authority publishes preset fares to named hotels and a meter-plus-surcharge rate everywhere else.

    (709) 722-7777

  • Public transit

    Metrobus route 14 runs between the airport and the St. John's metro region, including Memorial University. There are two stops at the airport: one near the arrivals area, and one on World Parkway by the Holiday Inn Express. The Authority says Metrobus has committed to a wheelchair-accessible service on this route and can take large, non-folding mobility aids. Schedule and fares are Metrobus's.

Source: St. John's International Airport Authority,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.

Questions

How far is Port au Choix from St. John's airport?＋

870.8 km from the terminal to Port au Choix.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 40, 1 and 430. Your maps app has the turns.

Do I need a car?＋

Plan on one. Buses between these towns are few, and the drive is the way most people make it.

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