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Gander International Airport (YQX) → Dover

Gander Airport (YQX) to Dover and the Dover Fault

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Distance
72.5 km
Drive time
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Driving route from Gander International Airport (YQX) to Dover: 72.5 km by road, via Routes 330 · 1 · 320.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Gander International into this area: Burnside ferry terminal (94 km), Salvage (97 km), Terra Nova National Park Visitor Centre (78 km), Greenspond (124 km), New-Wes-Valley (119 km), Gander (3.7 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Joey's Lookout (Gambo)

    The viewpoint above Gambo. The bay below sits in the same ancient suture zone the road is heading for.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Joey's Lookout (Gambo) ↑

  2. Stop 2: Dover Fault Interpretation Centre

    In town and right on the route: the interpretation centre for the fault, with the Dover Fault Trail beside it climbing to the lookout. The centre sets its own hours.

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    Show on map: Dover Fault Interpretation Centre ↑
⛽ 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.
  • Route 320 →Whole road: 6 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 39 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 72% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Electric: plan 138 km on a charge ↓

Drive measured Sep 3, 2026, terminal to town. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Download GPX (offline, Garmin)Airport info: Gander International Airport →

73 km. Gander airport to Dover: the Trans-Canada, then Route 320.

Why people come. Dover sits on the fault that carries its name, the seam where two ancient landmasses met. It comes ashore next to the town, with an interpretation centre and a mapped trail to the lookout. The centre sets its own hours; check them before you go.

When you get to Dover

Sunrise and sunset at Dover, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January7:54 am4:35 pm
February7:14 am5:25 pm
March7:20 am7:10 pm
April6:15 am7:56 pm
May5:24 am8:39 pm
June5:01 am9:10 pm
July5:17 am9:05 pm
August5:58 am8:23 pm
September6:41 am7:20 pm
October7:25 am6:17 pm
November7:14 am4:26 pm
December7:52 am4:09 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 →

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 29.4 km — after DQ Grill & Chill, until Copper Kettle Restaurant.

Every one of them, in the order you pass them
  • Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 31.9
  • Family Pizzarestaurantkm 48.7

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 Dover

An easy day out from DoverNew-Wes-Valley 51 km awayIts own page measures from the Gander airport; from Dover it is 51 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Dover.

More, up to 74 km (10)

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
Longest stretch without one
69 km
Gander → Dover, of 72 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Dover
54.8 km
by road, at Glowertown

No fast charger at Dover. From Gander it is 69 km there and the same back: plan on about 138 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Glowertown, 54.8 km from Dover by road, off this drive's own road.

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Gander (km 2). 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
1.3 km
A. Frank Willis Drive (0.83 km, 1.1 km from Dover); Dover Access Road (0.46 km, 1.5 km from Dover)
Mapped as paved
35%
21.9 km of 72.5 km driven
No surface tag on the map
63%
39.9 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 that the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Routes 320 and 330 out this way are quiet, wooded and fast.

    gov.nl.ca →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    A short drive, but on coastal roads. Check before an evening return.

    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.

    (709) 256-1444

  • 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.

    (888) 263-1852

  • Limousine

    Nobel Limousines, listed by the Airport Authority.

    (709) 535-2457

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, Dover back to Gander is the same distance: 72 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

Should I fly into Gander or Deer Lake for Dover?＋

Gander: 73 km against 376 km from Deer Lake. This is one of YQX's shortest drives.

What actually is the Dover Fault?＋

The seam where two pieces of ancient crust are welded together, running right past the town. One became part of North America; the other once lay on the far side of a vanished ocean. The interpretation centre tells the full story.

Is the trail measured?＋

Not yet. The Dover Fault Trail is mapped in OpenStreetMap beside the interpretation centre, and this page points to the trailhead.

What is the drive actually like?＋

Trans-Canada to Gambo, then the 320 corridor toward Hare Bay and the short hop into Dover: 73 km of easy road to a boundary older than the Atlantic.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on September 3, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/154350645 — passenger terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1460414363 — Dover place node.

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