Gander International Airport (YQX) → Clarenville
Gander International Airport (YQX) to Clarenville
The drive from every airport and ferry ↓
- Distance
- 147.3 km
- Drive time
- In your maps app ↗
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Faded lines are other drives from Gander International into this area: White Hills Resort (148 km), Terra Nova National Park Visitor Centre (78 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: Gander Old Town SiteDetour
OpenStreetMap maps this as historic ruins: the airport settlement that stood beside the runways before the present townsite. The Town of Gander says that after the war the airport went back to civilian control and residents were moved a safe distance from the runways. Work on the present townsite began in the 1950s; the town was incorporated in 1958 and the old settlement abandoned. It is a detour at the very start of the drive.
Stopping here adds 3.6 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Gander Old Town Site ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Silent Witnesses MemorialDetour
A memorial on Route 1 outside Gander, near the start of this drive, unveiled in 1990 for the lives lost in the Arrow Air crash of 12 December 1985. An American soldier stands atop a rock holding the hands of a civilian boy and girl, each child carrying an olive branch for the Screaming Eagles' peacekeeping mission in the Sinai; they were going home for Christmas. The trio look toward Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where a similar statue looks back.
Stopping here adds 2.4 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Silent Witnesses Memorial ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Joey's Lookout
A mapped viewpoint on the Trans-Canada, a little under a third of the way along, right 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.
Directions →Show on map: Joey's Lookout ↑Other map apps
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Scan with your phone to open this page there. Then tap Keep for offline before you lose signal.
⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
- Route 330 →Whole road: 8 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 42 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 70% 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 Sep 5, 2026, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Clarenville, checked 2026-09-05, re-. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Download GPX (offline, Garmin)Airport info: Gander International Airport →
147 km. Gander airport to Clarenville: Route 330 south to the Trans-Canada, then the Trans-Canada the rest of the way. Gander is the closest of the three airports; St. John’s is not far behind at 191 km.
Stops are at the Gander end. The mapped ruins of the old airport settlement, a memorial to the Arrow Air crash, and a Trans-Canada viewpoint a little under a third of the way along. After that it is highway.
When you get to Clarenville
- Staying in Clarenville? → — the start page: short drives from town, food, and a planner that starts here.
- Where to eat near Clarenville → — 38 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
- Clarenville Events Centre → — the venue here, with what you can reach and be back from between games.
Sunrise and sunset at Clarenville, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7:51 am | 4:37 pm |
| February | 7:13 am | 5:26 pm |
| March | 7:20 am | 7:10 pm |
| April | 6:16 am | 7:54 pm |
| May | 5:26 am | 8:37 pm |
| June | 5:04 am | 9:07 pm |
| July | 5:20 am | 9:02 pm |
| August | 5:59 am | 8:21 pm |
| September | 6:41 am | 7:20 pm |
| October | 7:24 am | 6:18 pm |
| November | 7:12 am | 4:29 pm |
| December | 7:49 am | 4:12 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
28 near the start: where to eat in Gander →
14 near Clarenville: where to eat near Clarenville →
5 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 38.6 km — after Happy Adventure Cafe, until Snack shack..
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 31.9
- Family Pizzarestaurantkm 38.7 · 1870 m off the road
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 68.3
- Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 76.4 · 1229 m off the road
- Snack shack.fast foodkm 115 · 624 m off the road
Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-09-12. How we measure · Add a missing place
New place to eat, or one that's missing? This list comes from OpenStreetMap, so nobody can pay to be on it. Add it to the map yourself (about twenty minutes on a phone), or email us the details and we'll put it on the map.
Short drives from Clarenville
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- White Hills Resorttown8.8 kmDirections →
Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Trinitytown70 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Lockston Path Provincial Parkstop72 km
The peninsula's ParksNL campground, just off Route 236 near Port Rexton, and the campground on this route.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Fort Point viewpointstop75 km
The mapped bench at Fort Point, across the harbour mouth, on the old gun battery's ground.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Mill Cove Lookout Trailtrail · 1.6 km out and back · easy81 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Malady Head Trailtrail · 3.8 km out and back · easy84 kmDirections →
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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
- Gander km 3, Glowertown km 68, Port Blandford km 116
- Longest stretch without one
- 65 km
- Gander → Glowertown, of 147 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Clarenville
- 29.3 km
- by road, at Goobies
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Gander (km 2) and Clarenville (km 146). 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: 71% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 29%
- 39.6 km of 147.3 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 71%
- 95.1 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 2026-09-06. 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 states the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is about twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Almost all of this drive is two-lane highway, Route 330 then the Trans-Canada, with long unlit stretches between communities. Plan around an evening arrival.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Route 330 is short; the rest is the Trans-Canada, paved, busy and well maintained. It still crosses open country and gets real winter weather. Check conditions before leaving the airport.
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 Gander, with numbers →Arriving without a car
Not renting? Here's who Gander International Airport Authority lists at the terminal.
No rideshare here.
The Airport Authority's transport page lists no rideshare service (checked 2026-09-15).
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 the island's one scheduled coach, once a day each way, between St. John's and the Marine Atlantic terminal at Port aux Basques. It stops at Gander Airport itself (the restaurant), and at Lewisporte, Grand Falls-Windsor, Deer Lake and Corner Brook among others. It reaches no island and no national park. Tickets are bought on the bus, cash only. The Airport Authority says a wheelchair-accessible bus needs 48 hours' notice. Times and fares are DRL's: drl-lr.com.
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.
Source: Gander International Airport Authority,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.
The drive back
Measured the other way, Clarenville back to Gander is the same distance: 147 km.
Plan back from your check-in time. Give the planner your flight time and it tells you when to set off.
How early to arrive depends on the carrier and the season: check Gander International Airport →
Return measured 2026-09-29, the same way as the drive out. How we measure
Questions
How far is Clarenville from Gander Airport?＋
About 147 km. Take Route 330 south out of the airport to the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 1), then follow it to Clarenville.
Should I fly into St. John's, Gander or Deer Lake for Clarenville?＋
Gander is the closest, at 147 km. St. John's is not far behind at 191 km, a fair choice if you are landing there anyway or starting on the Avalon Peninsula. Deer Lake is 450 km and only makes sense if Clarenville is a stop on a longer west-to-east trip.
Is the drive from Gander to Clarenville a hard one?＋
No. It is paved the whole way and it is the main road between the two. It is mostly two-lane highway, so plan around the moose note above, especially on an evening arrival.
Is there anywhere worth stopping on the way?＋
Three, all toward the Gander end. The Gander Old Town Site is mapped as the ruins of the airport settlement that came before the present townsite. The Silent Witnesses Memorial marks the lives lost in the Arrow Air crash of December 12, 1985. Joey's Lookout is a mapped viewpoint on the Trans-Canada. Past those, the drive is highway.
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