Gander International Airport (YQX) → Pilley's Island
Gander International Airport (YQX) to Pilley's Island
The drive from every airport and ferry ↓
- Distance
- 220.2 km
- Drive time
- In your maps app ↗
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Faded lines are other drives from Gander International into this area: Triton (224 km), Leading Tickles (148 km), King's Point (207 km), La Scie (324 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: Bishop’s Falls Heritage Centre
A small heritage centre in Bishop's Falls, the first town of any size west of Gander on this drive. A lighter stop than the two museums further on in Grand Falls-Windsor.
Stopping here adds 1.5 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Bishop’s Falls Heritage Centre ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Mary March Provincial Museum
In Grand Falls-Windsor, near the drive's midpoint, telling the history of the Beothuk and of central Newfoundland's interior. An easy pull-off the Trans-Canada before the turn north.
Stopping here adds 1.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Mary March Provincial Museum ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour
A reconstructed logging camp on the western edge of Grand Falls-Windsor, right beside the driven line. Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and this museum shows that work in camp buildings and equipment. Mary March Provincial Museum is a short distance back.
Stopping here adds 4.3 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Loggers' Life Provincial Museum ↑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 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 380 →Whole road: 2 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 26 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 5% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 382 →Whole road: 0 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 7.7 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Sep 5, 2026, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Pilley's Island. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
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220 km. Gander airport to the Pilley’s Island ferry terminal: the Trans-Canada past Grand Falls-Windsor, then north on Routes 380 and 382.
Deer Lake is closer (see the FAQ below). Gander makes sense if you are already landing there, or if the terminal is one stop on a bigger loop.
Where to break it. The museums around Grand Falls-Windsor and Bishop’s Falls.
Sunrise and sunset at Pilley's Island, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 8:03 am | 4:39 pm |
| February | 7:23 am | 5:30 pm |
| March | 7:27 am | 7:17 pm |
| April | 6:21 am | 8:04 pm |
| May | 5:28 am | 8:49 pm |
| June | 5:05 am | 9:21 pm |
| July | 5:21 am | 9:15 pm |
| August | 6:03 am | 8:32 pm |
| September | 6:48 am | 7:28 pm |
| October | 7:33 am | 6:23 pm |
| November | 7:24 am | 4:31 pm |
| December | 8:02 am | 4:13 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 →
23 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 58.5 km — after Riverside Diner, until Irving.
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 25.1 · 598 m off the road
- Irvingrestaurantkm 83.6
- Tim Hortonscafékm 83.6
- Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 83.7 · 423 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 96.7 · 488 m off the road
- Greco Pizzafast foodkm 96.8 · 383 m off the road
- Taiwanrestaurantkm 96.8 · 1240 m off the road
- Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 96.8 · 1261 m off the road
- Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 96.9 · 1171 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 97.4 · 969 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 97.5 · 379 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 97.6 · 409 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 97.6 · 519 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 97.6 · 721 m off the road
- Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 97.6 · 1245 m off the road
- War Wick'srestaurantkm 97.6 · 1338 m off the road
- Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 97.6 · 403 m off the road
- Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 97.6 · 422 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 97.6 · 267 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 97.8 · 846 m off the road
- Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 126.5
- Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 126.7
- Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 177.5
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
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Short drives from Pilley's Island
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- Beaver Pond RV Parkstop6.2 km
An RV campground by its pond, just past the wharf: the campsite on this route, and proof the crossing carries campers.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Pilley's Island Lookout Trailtrail · 4.6 km out and back · easy9.3 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Triton Sperm Whale Pavilionstop15 km
A 13-metre sperm whale skeleton, seen on a guided tour, and the story of a 12-foot giant squid that washed up in Badger Bay, per the province's tourism site.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Trail to Morry's Covetrail · 3.6 km walk · easy17 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Tritontown19 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Indian Riverstop56 km
A green space mapped on Route 380, essentially on the driven line.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Alexander Murray Trailtrail · 6.2 km loop · moderate68 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - King's Pointtown70 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze
More, up to 76 km (1)
- Caribou Trailtrail · 5.2 km out and back · moderate76 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, Bishop’s Falls km 86, South Brook km 178
- Longest stretch without one
- 92 km
- Bishop’s Falls → South Brook, of 220 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Pilley's Island
- 42.2 km
- by road, at South Brook
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Gander (km 3). 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: 54% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 46%
- 92.8 km of 220.2 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 54%
- 107.5 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 2026-09-06. 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. Most of this drive is the four-lane Trans-Canada, but the final stretch north on Routes 380 and 382 is unlit two-lane highway. Time it with care if you land late.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
The Trans-Canada carries most of this drive, but the secondary highways north to the ferry terminal are a lower winter-maintenance priority. 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, Pilley's Island back to Gander is the same distance: 220 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 the drive from Gander Airport to the Pilley's Island ferry terminal?＋
220 km: the Trans-Canada Highway west, then north on Routes 380 and 382 to the terminal.
Should I fly into Gander or Deer Lake for Pilley's Island ferry terminal?＋
Deer Lake is closer: 171 km against 220 km from Gander, a difference of 49 km. If Pilley's Island is one stop on a bigger loop through the Gander side of the island, Gander may still suit.
What's at the Pilley's Island ferry terminal itself?＋
A working wharf, where the boat crosses to Long Island. The stops on this page are inland, on the highway there. The crossing is separate from the drive.
Is it a hard drive?＋
No. It is paved the whole way. Most of it is the four-lane Trans-Canada, and only the last stretch on Routes 380 and 382 narrows to two lanes. It is long, so try not to drive that last stretch after dark.
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