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Ketchikan, Alaska

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Very Light
15th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
3
ships scheduled
~5,396
scheduled passenger capacity
~5,396
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–2 PM
busiest scheduled window

One of the quieter cruise days this port sees all season.

What's in port

  • MSC Poesia

    MSC Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 5 PM

    ~2,550 passengers

  • Viking Venus

    Viking · Berth 2

    8 AM – 2 PM

    ~930 passengers

  • Noordam

    Holland America Line · Berth 1

    11 AM – 7 PM

    ~1,916 passengers

When they overlap

MSC Poesia7 AM – 5 PM
Viking Venus8 AM – 2 PM
Noordam11 AM – 7 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–2 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 5,396 passenger berths across 3 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 15% 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 30Busy75th
  2. Mon, Aug 31Light25th
  3. Tue, Sep 1Typical63rd
  4. Wed, Sep 2Very Light15th
  5. Thu, Sep 3Very Busy96th
  6. Fri, Sep 4Busy73rd
  7. Sat, Sep 5Very Light13th

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.