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St. John's International Airport (YYT) → Trepassey

St. John's Airport (YYT) to Trepassey

Drive time
2h 28m
Distance
155.9 km
Routes
40 · 2 · 3 · 10

Conservative model estimate, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Trepassey — 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, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Trepassey, checked 2026-09-05.

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The drive leaves the airport on Portugal Cove Road (Route 40), crosses St. John’s, and picks up Pitt’s Memorial Drive (Route 2) and Robert E. Howlett Memorial Drive (Route 3) on the way out. After that it is Route 10 — the Southern Shore Highway, which the province calls the Irish Loop Drive — the whole rest of the way south, past Bay Bulls, Witless Bay, Ferryland and the outport communities strung along the shore.

Much of what the drive is for stands beside it. Off the communities near the start, the islands of Witless Bay Ecological Reserve hold what the province records as North America’s largest Atlantic Puffin colony and the world’s second-largest Leach’s Storm-petrel colony; landing needs a permit, so they are watched from licensed tour boats. At Ferryland, around the middle of the run, the Colony of Avalon has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 1953 — the site of Sir George Calvert’s plantation of 1621, still under excavation. Near the far end, Mistaken Point’s fossils are, in the province’s words, the oldest large, complex life-forms found anywhere on Earth, and the coast that holds them was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016; seeing them takes a guided tour or a permit.

Trepassey is the practical end of the run rather than an afterthought to it: the province names the town as the nearest tourism services to Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, a short way west of Portugal Cove South. Route 10 carries on west from Trepassey around the bottom of the peninsula, so this is a place to stop or to keep going, not only a place to turn around.

Driving route from St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Trepassey: 155.9 km, about 2h 28m, via Routes 40 · 2 · 3 · 10.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded on the map: the other measured drives from St. John's International into this same region, each its own page — Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre (2h 17m), Ferryland (1h 24m). Where a faded line leaves the solid one is where that drive forks from this one.

Worth stopping for

  1. Viewpoint on Route 10, south of Witless Bay

    OpenStreetMap records a viewpoint here, unnamed, just off the Southern Shore Highway south of Witless Bay. Route 10 is what the province calls the Irish Loop Drive, and the communities it strings together are the ones nearest the islands of Witless Bay Ecological Reserve: the province says those islands hold North America's largest Atlantic Puffin colony and, after Baccalieu Island, the world's second-largest Leach's Storm-petrel colony. Landing on them takes a permit, so the birds are watched from licensed tour boats working out of the communities rather than from the road.

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  2. Colony of Avalon, Ferryland

    Parks Canada's designation record calls this a 17th-century archaeological site at Ferryland, made a National Historic Site of Canada in 1953 as the site of the house of Sir George Calvert, later Lord Baltimore, who founded the Ferryland plantation in 1621; the same record notes the house later became the seat of Sir David Kirke's government of Newfoundland, and that excavation and research continue under the Colony of Avalon Foundation. The address Parks Canada gives is Pool Road in Ferryland, a turn off Route 10. What is open, and when tours run, is the site's operator's to state — this page doesn't.

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  3. Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre, Portugal Cove South

    The province says the official guided tours to Mistaken Point depart from this building, that it sits adjacent to Route 10 in Portugal Cove South, and that provincial Natural Areas staff keep their offices in it; the centre itself is owned and operated by the not-for-profit Mistaken Point Cape Race Heritage Inc. The reserve it serves protects fossils of the Ediacara biota — in the province's words the oldest large, complex life-forms found anywhere on Earth, which lived from 580 to 541 million years ago — and Mistaken Point was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. Access to view the fossils is by guided tour or permit only.

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What has been recorded near here

Species reported within 50 km of Trepassey and shared to GBIF, the international record of species occurrences. The useful column is when — the months the reports cluster in.

  • Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in July, August, June3,452 reports on record
  • Atlantic puffinseabirdFratercula arcticaReports cluster in July, August, June1,083 reports on record
  • Humpback whalewhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeReports cluster in July, June, August337 reports on record
  • Minke whalewhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrataReports cluster in July, August, June24 reports on record
  • Fin whalewhaleBalaenoptera physalusReports cluster in June, August7 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 Trepassey

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Fermeuse km 98, Trepassey km 156
Longest stretch without one
98 km
the YYT door → Fermeuse, of 156 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Trepassey
at Trepassey

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.

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Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Mapped as paved
15%
22.2 km of 155.9 km driven
No surface tag on the map
85%
123.4 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 2026-09-13. 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

227 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 56.7 km — after Brophy's Convenience Plus (Jerome's), until Trepassey Motel & Restaurant. That is the figure worth planning around.

  • 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 · 1835 m off the road
  • Second Cupcafékm 0.1 · 1739 m off the road
  • Montana'srestaurantkm 0.1 · 1800 m off the road
  • Starbuckscafékm 0.1 · 1733 m off the road
  • Harvey'sfast foodkm 0.1 · 1599 m off the road
  • Milestonesrestaurantkm 0.1 · 1570 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 0.1 · 1671 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 0.1 · 1882 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 0.8
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 0.8
  • The Rockrestaurantkm 0.8
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 2.9 · 1440 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 2.9 · 1529 m off the road
  • Pizza Houserestaurantkm 3.1 · 1129 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish and Chipsrestaurantkm 3.2 · 1180 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 3.3 · 1206 m off the road
  • Greco Pizzafast foodkm 3.3 · 1200 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 3.3 · 1200 m off the road
  • Rustler'srestaurantkm 3.3 · 1187 m off the road
  • Domino'sfast foodkm 3.3 · 1185 m off the road
  • Mustang Sally'srestaurantkm 3.3 · 1185 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 3.4 · 1220 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 3.4 · 1192 m off the road
  • Peter's Pizza Restaurant & Loungerestaurantkm 3.4 · 1201 m off the road
  • Mr. Subfast foodkm 3.5 · 1156 m off the road
  • Pizza Expertsfast foodkm 3.5 · 1154 m off the road
  • Sun Sushirestaurantkm 3.5 · 1157 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 3.5 · 1225 m off the road
  • Old Town Pizzeriarestaurantkm 3.6
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 3.6
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 3.7
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 4.3 · 1203 m off the road
  • East Side Mario'srestaurantkm 4.4
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 4.6 · 947 m off the road
  • Pizza Expressrestaurantkm 4.7 · 619 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 4.8 · 535 m off the road
  • Breen's Delicafékm 4.9 · 406 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 4.9 · 453 m off the road
  • Piattorestaurantkm 5.1 · 263 m off the road
  • Wedgwood Cafe & Cateringrestaurantkm 5.1 · 429 m off the road
  • Desi Mealrestaurantkm 5.3 · 399 m off the road
  • Pizza Supremerestaurantkm 5.3 · 404 m off the road
  • Sequerra's Restaurantrestaurantkm 5.3 · 395 m off the road
  • Bitterspubkm 5.4 · 1461 m off the road
  • Jumping Beancafékm 5.4 · 336 m off the road
  • Big Bite Pitafast foodkm 5.7 · 947 m off the road
  • MajesTeacafékm 5.7 · 941 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 5.9 · 1957 m off the road
  • Gracie Joe'srestaurantkm 6.3 · 957 m off the road
  • Breezewaypubkm 6.5 · 1888 m off the road
  • Ziggy Peelgoodfast foodkm 6.5 · 977 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 6.5 · 897 m off the road
  • Donati'sfast foodkm 6.5 · 862 m off the road
  • Pop's Dinerrestaurantkm 6.5 · 926 m off the road
  • NJ's Kitchenrestaurantkm 6.5 · 884 m off the road
  • Jumping Beancafékm 6.5 · 1811 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 6.5 · 1967 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 6.5 · 1839 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 6.5 · 1834 m off the road
  • Manchu Wokfast foodkm 6.5 · 1828 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 6.5 · 1819 m off the road
  • Just Friesfast foodkm 6.5 · 1815 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 6.5 · 910 m off the road
  • Noodle Namirestaurantkm 6.5 · 889 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 6.5 · 1074 m off the road
  • Quintana'srestaurantkm 6.5 · 1036 m off the road
  • Big Ben's Pubpubkm 6.5 · 1026 m off the road
  • The Georgetown Pubpubkm 6.7 · 356 m off the road
  • Beavertailsfast foodkm 6.8
  • Georgestown Cafe and Bookshelfcafékm 6.8 · 335 m off the road
  • The Parlourrestaurantkm 6.9 · 186 m off the road
  • Hungry Heartcafékm 7
  • Sun Sushi & Bubbled Tearestaurantkm 7.1 · 312 m off the road
  • Get Stuffedrestaurantkm 7.1 · 305 m off the road
  • Fixed Coffee and Bakingcafékm 7.1 · 339 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 7.1 · 445 m off the road
  • Portobello's Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.1 · 493 m off the road
  • International Flavoursrestaurantkm 7.1 · 864 m off the road
  • Classic Cafe Eastcafékm 7.1 · 587 m off the road
  • Coffee Matterscafékm 7.1 · 515 m off the road
  • J Korean Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.1 · 301 m off the road
  • Zachary's Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.1 · 590 m off the road
  • Chatters Coffeecafékm 7.1 · 490 m off the road
  • Newfoundland Chocolate Cafecafékm 7.1 · 1570 m off the road
  • Pirestaurantkm 7.1 · 307 m off the road
  • Battery Cafecafékm 7.1 · 840 m off the road
  • Bannerman Brewing Co.pubkm 7.1 · 548 m off the road
  • Peaceful Loftrestaurantkm 7.2 · 259 m off the road
  • Bamboo Gardenrestaurantkm 7.2 · 258 m off the road
  • Bagel Caferestaurantkm 7.2 · 260 m off the road
  • Fat Nanny'scafékm 7.2 · 283 m off the road
  • Shalimarrestaurantkm 7.3 · 223 m off the road
  • Oliver'srestaurantkm 7.4 · 261 m off the road
  • Water St.Varietycafékm 7.4 · 301 m off the road
  • Smoke's Poutinefast foodkm 7.4 · 283 m off the road
  • Biancarestaurantkm 7.4 · 274 m off the road
  • The Fifth Ticketrestaurantkm 7.4 · 275 m off the road
  • Ship Pubpubkm 7.4 · 241 m off the road
  • No.4 Restaurant & Barrestaurantkm 7.4 · 170 m off the road
  • India Gaterestaurantkm 7.4 · 188 m off the road
  • Saltwaterrestaurantkm 7.4 · 191 m off the road
  • 3 Sisters Vietnamese Subsfast foodkm 7.5 · 210 m off the road
  • Duke of Duckworthpubkm 7.5 · 173 m off the road
  • Cojones Tacos & Tequilarestaurantkm 7.5 · 246 m off the road
  • Sushi Islandrestaurantkm 7.6 · 202 m off the road
  • Jumping Bean Coffeecafékm 7.6 · 191 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 7.6 · 265 m off the road
  • The Sprout Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.7
  • Ziggy Peelgoods French Friesfast foodkm 7.7 · 180 m off the road
  • Chinchedrestaurantkm 7.7
  • Yellowbelly Brewerypubkm 7.8
  • The Kegrestaurantkm 7.8 · 214 m off the road
  • Afghan Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Piatto Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.8
  • The Republicpubkm 7.8
  • Jack Astor'srestaurantkm 7.8 · 225 m off the road
  • O'Reilly'spubkm 7.8
  • Trapper John's Museum & Pubpubkm 7.8
  • Rob Roy Pubpubkm 7.8
  • Green Sleeves Pub & Restaurantpubkm 7.8
  • Formosa Tea Houserestaurantkm 7.8 · 327 m off the road
  • Celtic Hearthrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Bridie Molloy’spubkm 7.8
  • Merchant Tavernrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Carribean Cornerrestaurantkm 7.8
  • LIVrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Frugal Steinsrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Saltwaterrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Black Cat Pizzeriarestaurantkm 7.8 · 324 m off the road
  • Leo's Fish and Chipsfast foodkm 7.8 · 426 m off the road
  • Ches' Fish & Chipsfast foodkm 7.8 · 380 m off the road
  • Fat Bastard Burritofast foodkm 7.9
  • Downtown Pizza fast foodkm 7.9
  • Kelly's Pubpubkm 7.9
  • Shamrock City Pubpubkm 7.9
  • Christian'spubkm 7.9
  • Adelaide Oyster Houserestaurantkm 7.9
  • Gahan Housepubkm 7.9 · 205 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 7.9
  • Chinched Bistrorestaurantkm 8
  • Fiddlers Pubpubkm 8
  • Fabulous Foodsrestaurantkm 8 · 903 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 8.2 · 1887 m off the road
  • The Guv'nor Pubpubkm 8.2 · 1948 m off the road
  • Humphreys Restaurant and Pubrestaurantkm 8.3
  • Subwayfast foodkm 8.5 · 1492 m off the road
  • RJ Pinoy Yumrestaurantkm 8.5 · 1506 m off the road
  • No Name Pizzafast foodkm 8.5 · 1485 m off the road
  • Ziggy Peelgoodsfast foodkm 8.5 · 1453 m off the road
  • Mr. Subfast foodkm 8.5 · 1614 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 8.5 · 1537 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 8.5 · 1562 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 8.5 · 1592 m off the road
  • The Station Loungepubkm 8.6
  • The Cove Climbing Cafécafékm 9.7 · 842 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 9.7 · 360 m off the road
  • The Big R Restaurantrestaurantkm 10.8 · 1181 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 11.2 · 1322 m off the road
  • Domino'sfast foodkm 11.3 · 1470 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 12.3 · 940 m off the road
  • Peter's Pizzarestaurantkm 13.1 · 1175 m off the road
  • Red Pepperrestaurantkm 13.1 · 1187 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 13.1 · 1079 m off the road
  • Rack and Roll Lounge and Games Roompubkm 13.2 · 1279 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 13.3 · 967 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 13.3 · 958 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 13.3 · 937 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 13.3
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 13.8 · 1379 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 13.8 · 1386 m off the road
  • New Moon Restaurantrestaurantkm 14.8 · 1493 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish and Chipsfast foodkm 14.8 · 1335 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 14.8 · 1452 m off the road
  • Topsail Road Pizzeria and Loungefast foodkm 14.8 · 1460 m off the road
  • Big Cheese Pizzafast foodkm 14.8 · 1354 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 14.8 · 1351 m off the road
  • Sushi Makirestaurantkm 14.8 · 1351 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 14.8 · 1476 m off the road
  • Starbuckscafékm 14.8 · 1463 m off the road
  • Redrock Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 14.8 · 1503 m off the road
  • Jasmine's Restaurantrestaurantkm 14.9 · 1593 m off the road
  • The Sweet Newfie Kitchenfast foodkm 16.1 · 1922 m off the road
  • Oscars Eatery & Caférestaurantkm 16.1 · 1833 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 17.4 · 1460 m off the road
  • Extreme Pitafast foodkm 17.4 · 1691 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 17.4 · 1506 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 17.4 · 1521 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 1895 m off the road
  • Harvey'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 1525 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 17.4 · 1479 m off the road
  • Asian Caferestaurantkm 17.4 · 1981 m off the road
  • Landwash Brewerypubkm 17.4 · 832 m off the road
  • Thaï Expressfast foodkm 17.4 · 1532 m off the road
  • Johny & Mae'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 827 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 17.4 · 1535 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 17.4 · 1485 m off the road
  • Harvey'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 1526 m off the road
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 18.9 · 1592 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 18.9 · 1570 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 21.7 · 1882 m off the road
  • Jungle Jimsrestaurantkm 21.8 · 1802 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 21.8 · 1825 m off the road
  • Keith's Dinerrestaurantkm 22.2 · 1788 m off the road
  • Mary Brownsrestaurantkm 22.2 · 1718 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 42
  • The Captain's Tablerestaurantkm 46.1
  • Riverside Restaurant and Loungerestaurantkm 73.7
  • Bernard Kavanagh's Restaurantrestaurantkm 83.5
  • Lighthouse Picnicsrestaurantkm 84.9
  • In Da Loop Restaurant & Pubpubkm 97.7
  • Brophy's Convenience Plus (Jerome's)restaurantkm 98.4
  • Trepassey Motel & Restaurantrestaurantkm 155.1
  • Earhart Pubpubkm 155.1

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. This drive uses city roads and a stretch of motorway to get clear of St. John's; after that it is two-lane Route 10 down the Southern Shore, unlit and away from the communities for long stretches. A late arrival is worth planning around rather than pushing straight through in the dark.

    Check it now →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Nothing on the driven line is mapped as unpaved, but conditions differ a lot between the city streets at the start and the exposed coastal stretch of Route 10 near Trepassey. Check before you leave the airport, especially outside summer.

    Check it now →

  • Seabird tour boats at Witless BayTypically spring into the autumn — the province and the operators state the dates

    The birds of Witless Bay Ecological Reserve are seen from the water: the province restricts landing on the islands to permit holders and lists the tour-boat operators licensed to work inside the reserve. Which operators hold a permit, when they run and what they charge are theirs and the province's to state, so this page links the reserve rather than copying it.

    Check it now →

  • Guided tours at Mistaken PointTypically late spring into the autumn — the reserve states the dates

    Fossils in the reserve can be seen only on an official guided tour or with a permit, leaving from the Interpretation Centre in Portugal Cove South, and the province warns that tours are often fully booked ahead. Dates, fees and booking live on the reserve's own page.

    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 St. John's 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.

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 things are true and this page will not pretend they resolve: the Authority's pages are what 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; what those are is theirs to publish and change.

    (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.

St. John's 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 long is the drive from St. John's Airport to Trepassey?＋

About 2 hours 28 minutes, covering 155.9 km on Routes 40, 2, 3 and 10 — out of the city, then south down the Avalon Peninsula's Southern Shore on the Irish Loop Drive. That is a free-flow estimate on dry roads with no stops.

Should I fly into St. John's, Gander or Deer Lake for Trepassey?＋

St. John's is the airport to use for Trepassey — about 2 hours 28 minutes door to door. Gander is roughly 5 hours 29 minutes away and Deer Lake about 9 hours 17 minutes; neither is worth choosing over St. John's unless the rest of your trip already starts there.

Is it a hard drive?＋

No. It uses city roads and motorway to get clear of St. John's, then two-lane Route 10 the whole way south, and nothing along it is mapped as unpaved. The one thing worth planning around is the unlit two-lane run down the Southern Shore after dark — see the moose note above.

How do I see the fossils at Mistaken Point?＋

By guided tour or permit only. The province's Natural Areas interpreters run the tours from the Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre in Portugal Cove South, on Route 10 on the way to Trepassey, and say space is limited and often booked ahead. Check the reserve's own page before you plan around it — nothing here should be treated as a tour time.

Put this map on your site

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Every distance, drive time and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on September 6, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/279110348 — St. John's International Airport. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/470764546 — Trepassey.