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Ketchikan, Alaska

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Light
22nd percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
3
ships scheduled
~7,182
scheduled passenger capacity
~7,182
peak overlapping capacity
8 AM–5 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • MSC Poesia

    MSC Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 5 PM

    ~2,550 passengers

  • Anthem of the Seas

    Royal Caribbean International · Berth 2

    8 AM – 5 PM

    ~4,180 passengers

  • Luminara

    The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection · Berth 4

    8 AM – 6 PM

    up to 452 passengers

When they overlap

MSC Poesia7 AM – 5 PM
Anthem of the Seas8 AM – 5 PM
Luminara8 AM – 6 PM
Shaded window: 8 AM–5 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 7,182 passenger berths across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 22% of Ketchikan's 156 scheduled cruise days in 2026.

Nearby days

Useful if your plans can move. If you are arriving by cruise ship, we assume they can't.

  1. Sun, Aug 16Typical64th
  2. Mon, Aug 17Typical65th
  3. Tue, Aug 18Typical45th
  4. Wed, Aug 19Light22nd
  5. Thu, Aug 20Busy84th
  6. Fri, Aug 21Very Busy92nd
  7. Sat, Aug 22Light29th

Leave the date empty to see the port's whole crowd calendar.

Schedule source: Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska. Schedule coverage Apr 21, 2026 – Oct 14, 2027, last checked Aug 10, 2026, source revised Jul 7, 2026. Ship capacities are curated separately from public references. How we calculate this.