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Ketchikan, Alaska

Friday, September 25, 2026

Light
39th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
4
ships scheduled
~9,177
scheduled passenger capacity
~9,177
peak overlapping capacity
1–1:15 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Norwegian Encore

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    7 AM – 1:15 PM

    ~3,998 passengers

  • Viking Orion

    Viking · Berth 2

    10 AM – 6 PM

    ~930 passengers

  • Nieuw Amsterdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 1

    11 AM – 7 PM

    ~2,106 passengers

  • Serenade of the Seas

    Royal Caribbean International · Berth 3

    1 PM – 7:30 PM

    ~2,143 passengers

When they overlap

Norwegian Encore7 AM – 1:15 PM
Viking Orion10 AM – 6 PM
Nieuw Amsterdam11 AM – 7 PM
Serenade of the Seas1 PM – 7:30 PM
Shaded window: 1–1:15 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 9,177 passenger berths across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 39% 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. Tue, Sep 22Very Light9th
  2. Wed, Sep 23Very Busy89th
  3. Thu, Sep 24Busy71st
  4. Fri, Sep 25Light39th
  5. Sat, Sep 26Very Light4th
  6. Sun, Sep 27No ships
  7. Mon, Sep 28No ships

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.