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Ketchikan, Alaska

Tuesday, July 27, 2027

Light
40th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
4
ships scheduled
~9,460
scheduled passenger capacity
~9,460
peak overlapping capacity
7 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

Below what this port considers a normal cruise day.

What's in port

  • Star Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    6:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~4,300 passengers

  • Nieuw Amsterdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    6:30 AM – 3 PM

    ~2,106 passengers

  • Carnival Spirit

    Carnival Cruise Line · Berth 1

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~2,124 passengers

  • Viking Venus

    Viking · Berth WE

    7 AM – 3 PM

    ~930 passengers

When they overlap

Star Princess6:30 AM – 3 PM
Nieuw Amsterdam6:30 AM – 3 PM
Carnival Spirit7 AM – 1 PM
Viking Venus7 AM – 3 PM
Shaded window: 7 AM–1 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 9,460 passenger berths across 4 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 40% of Ketchikan's 159 scheduled cruise days in 2027.

Nearby days

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

  1. Sat, Jul 24Light25th
  2. Sun, Jul 25Busy79th
  3. Mon, Jul 26Typical48th
  4. Tue, Jul 27Light40th
  5. Wed, Jul 28Busy68th
  6. Thu, Jul 29Very Busy87th
  7. Fri, Jul 30Typical45th

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.