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

St. John's Airport (YYT) to Port Rexton

Distance
259.8 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 St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Port Rexton: 259.8 km by road, via Routes 40 · 1 · 230.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from St. John's International into this area: Trinity (261 km), Cape Bonavista Lighthouse (309 km), Salvage (296 km), Burnside ferry terminal (293 km), Terra Nova National Park Visitor Centre (262 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Butter Pot Provincial ParkDetour

    The drive runs along this park's boundary, but the park reaches well inland. ParksNL calls Butter Pot one of the most popular provincial parks in Newfoundland and Labrador. Its page lists ponds to swim, fish and paddle, sandy beaches, a campground, trails, and a view over the water from the top of Butter Pot Hill. A place to spend time, not a quick stop.

    Stopping here adds 13.5 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Butter Pot Provincial Park ↑

  2. Stop 2: 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.

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    Show on map: Skerwink Trail lookout ↑
⛽ 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 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, St. John's International Airport (YYT) 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 260 km from St. John’s 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 St. John's 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
Paradise km 16, St. John’s km 17, Goobies km 162, Port Rexton km 259
Longest stretch without one
145 km
St. John’s → Goobies, of 259 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Port Rexton
at Port Rexton

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): St. John’s (km 17) and Whitbourne (km 89) and Clarenville (km 188). 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
41%
94.8 km of 259.8 km driven
No surface tag on the map
59%
136 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 259.8 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 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 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 Rexton from St. John's airport?＋

259.8 km by road from the terminal to Port Rexton.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 40, 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/279110348 — St. John's International Airport. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1446542917 — Port Rexton.

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