St. John's International Airport (YYT) → Port aux Basques
St. John's Airport (YYT) to Port aux Basques and the Codroy Valley
- Distance
- 905.8 km
- Drive time
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Then a ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia
Port aux Basques is the island's year-round ferry terminal: Marine Atlantic's year-round crossing to North Sydney sails from the mapped terminal at the end of this drive. Check Marine Atlantic for sailings, fares and weather holds before you plan a day around a departure.
Operated by Marine Atlantic.
Current schedule →Faded lines are other drives from St. John's International into this area: Codroy Valley (880 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
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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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 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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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 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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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Indian River
A green space mapped essentially on the driven line. OpenStreetMap records it as a nature reserve but not who runs it, and it is not on ParksNL's list. Treat it as a place to pull over, not somewhere with facilities.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Codroy Valley Provincial ParkDetour
The mapped reserve on the Grand Codroy estuary, the broad, sheltered river mouth that makes this valley the west coast's great bird water. Waterfowl stage in the wetlands, with the Long Range mountains behind. ParksNL publishes what operates and when.
Stopping here adds 17.2 km to the drive.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: Wreckhouse
The most famous stretch of wind in Newfoundland. The Long Range funnels southeasterlies here hard enough that a man was once employed to decide whether trains could pass: Lauchie MacDougall, the human wind gauge. The Trans-Canada runs straight through it, and high-sided vehicles still get held when it blows. Check the forecast for your timing.
Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.
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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.
Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Port aux Basques. Your maps app gives the time on the day. The ferry after it is not included. How we measure
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905.8 km. From St. John’s airport to Port aux Basques, on Routes 40 and 1.
When you get to Port aux Basques
- Where to eat near Port aux Basques → — 13 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Places to eat on the way
233 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 128.9 km — after Eddies Restaurant, until Big Stop Restaurant.
All 233, in the order you pass them — open the list
- Starbuckscafékm 0.1 · 1631 m off the road
- Wing'N Itrestaurantkm 0.1 · 1419 m off the road
- Mr. Subfast foodkm 0.1 · 1607 m off the road
- Corarestaurantkm 0.1 · 1486 m off the road
- Pita Pitfast foodkm 0.1 · 1620 m off the road
- Parkside Pizzafast foodkm 0.1 · 1506 m off the road
- Jade Gardensrestaurantkm 0.1 · 1899 m off the road
- Sun Sushirestaurantkm 0.1 · 1888 m off the road
- YellowBelly Brewery and Public Housepubkm 0.1 · 202 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 0.1
- Newfoundland Chocolate Companycafékm 0.1 · 173 m off the road
- Booster Juicefast foodkm 0.1 · 165 m off the road
- Freshiirestaurantkm 0.1
- Quesadafast foodkm 0.1 · 1497 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 0.1 · 1833 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 0.1 · 1584 m off the road
- Second Cupcafékm 0.1 · 1736 m off the road
- Montana'srestaurantkm 0.1 · 1805 m off the road
- Starbuckscafékm 0.1 · 1733 m off the road
- Harvey'sfast foodkm 0.1 · 1601 m off the road
- Milestonesrestaurantkm 0.1 · 1568 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 0.1 · 1668 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 0.1 · 1881 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 0.7
- Tim Hortonscafékm 0.7
- The Rockrestaurantkm 0.7
- Tim Hortonscafékm 2.6 · 1639 m off the road
- Greco Pizzafast foodkm 2.6 · 1623 m off the road
- Booster Juicefast foodkm 2.6 · 1644 m off the road
- Rustler'srestaurantkm 2.6 · 1653 m off the road
- Ches's Fish and Chipsrestaurantkm 2.6 · 1546 m off the road
- Pizza Houserestaurantkm 2.6 · 1393 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 2.6 · 1528 m off the road
- Mr. Subfast foodkm 2.9 · 1723 m off the road
- Pizza Expertsfast foodkm 2.9 · 1716 m off the road
- Wendy'sfast foodkm 2.9 · 1679 m off the road
- Domino'sfast foodkm 2.9 · 1657 m off the road
- Peter's Pizza Restaurant & Loungerestaurantkm 2.9 · 1712 m off the road
- Mustang Sally'srestaurantkm 2.9 · 1662 m off the road
- Sun Sushirestaurantkm 2.9 · 1715 m off the road
- Old Town Pizzeriarestaurantkm 3 · 691 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 3 · 741 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 3 · 775 m off the road
- East Side Mario'srestaurantkm 3.1 · 1448 m off the road
- Big Bite Pitafast foodkm 4.6 · 1842 m off the road
- MajesTeacafékm 4.6 · 1829 m off the road
- Donati'sfast foodkm 4.6 · 1949 m off the road
- Bitterspubkm 4.7 · 1224 m off the road
- Ziggy Peelgoodfast foodkm 4.7 · 1837 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 4.7 · 1936 m off the road
- Pop's Dinerrestaurantkm 4.7 · 1935 m off the road
- NJ's Kitchenrestaurantkm 4.7 · 1983 m off the road
- Smitty'srestaurantkm 4.7 · 1935 m off the road
- Noodle Namirestaurantkm 4.7 · 1948 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 4.7 · 1802 m off the road
- Quintana'srestaurantkm 4.7 · 1804 m off the road
- Big Ben's Pubpubkm 4.7 · 1816 m off the road
- 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
- Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 636.6
- Tim Hortonfast foodkm 636.6 · 222 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 637.1 · 192 m off the road
- Wingn' itrestaurantkm 637.6
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 638.1 · 235 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 638.2 · 225 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 638.3 · 178 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 638.4 · 177 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 638.5
- Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 638.5
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 638.6
- Langerspubkm 638.6 · 550 m off the road
- Oasis Grill Houserestaurantkm 660.1 · 244 m off the road
- Cafe 59restaurantkm 660.1 · 863 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 678.5
- Tim Hortonscafékm 685.9 · 923 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 685.9 · 912 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 685.9 · 881 m off the road
- Samuel's Sammiches and Sweetsrestaurantkm 686.1 · 1496 m off the road
- King Henry's Pubpubkm 686.2 · 1919 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 686.2 · 1991 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 686.2 · 1847 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 686.9 · 310 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 687.2 · 197 m off the road
- Wendy'sfast foodkm 687.4
- Pinchgut Restaurant & Conveniencerestaurantkm 704.8
- Midway Motel and Loungepubkm 796.1
- Robin's Donutsrestaurantkm 865
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 897.8
- Alma‘s Restaurantrestaurantkm 899.9 · 384 m off the road
- Robin‘sfast foodkm 900 · 754 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 900
- Tim Hortonscafékm 900.1
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 900.2
- Bob's Chicken Coopfast foodkm 900.2
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 900.6
- Tai-Hong Restaurantrestaurantkm 900.8
- Port Clubpubkm 901.6
- Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 902.2 · 1120 m off the road
- Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 902.2 · 1118 m off the road
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 aux Basques
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- Channel Head Lighttowerlighthouse2.4 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Smokey Cape Trailtrail · 2.4 km walk · easy12 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Cape Ray lighthousestop18 km
The province's tourism site suggests the Cape Ray Lightkeepers House, on the lighthouse's history, before heading to the wetlands.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Isle aux Mortsstop21 km
Two 17th-century astrolabes were recovered just off this coast, per the province's tourism site.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Harvey's Trailtrail · 4 km loop · easy22 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Wreckhousestop22 km
A named place on the map, not a building, and the Trans-Canada runs straight through it.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Starlight Trailtrail · 4.8 km out and back · challenging33 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Searstonstop38 km
One end of the 5.5 km Coastangs Trail, a moderate coastal walk with mountains behind, per the province's tourism site.
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More, up to 50 km (6)
- Codroy Valleytown39 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Grand Codroy River Estuarystop41 km
Part of the Codroy Valley International Wetlands, on a flyway for migrating birds.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Point Roseehistoric site41 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Rose Blanche ferry terminalstop47 km
Where the passenger-only ferry leaves for La Poile, per the province's tourism site.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Rose Blanche Lighthouselighthouse47 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Cape Anguille Lighthousestop50 km
The province's tourism site calls it worth a visit for some of the best sunsets on the island.
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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, Corner Brook km 689, Robinsons km 798, Port aux Basques km 902
- Longest stretch without one
- 145 km
- St. John’s → Goobies, of 904 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Port aux Basques
- at Port aux Basques
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
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- none
- Not proof it is all paved: 75% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 25%
- 201 km of 905.8 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 75%
- 608.5 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 905.8 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 →
Onward from Port aux Basques
The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.
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.
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 aux Basques from St. John's airport?＋
905.8 km from the terminal to Port aux Basques.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 40 and 1. 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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