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Cruise Crowds

Ketchikan, Alaska

Friday, August 13, 2027

Typical
43rd percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
5
ships scheduled
~12,036
scheduled passenger capacity
~9,878
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–1 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Coral Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 4

    6 AM – 2 PM

    ~2,000 passengers

  • Noordam

    Holland America Line · Berth 1

    7 AM – 1 PM

    ~1,916 passengers

  • Norwegian Encore

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    7 AM – 1:15 PM

    ~3,998 passengers

  • Westerdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    11 AM – 7 PM

    ~1,964 passengers

  • Celebrity Summit

    Celebrity Cruises · Berth 3

    1:30 PM – 8 PM

    ~2,158 passengers

When they overlap

Coral Princess6 AM – 2 PM
Noordam7 AM – 1 PM
Norwegian Encore7 AM – 1:15 PM
Westerdam11 AM – 7 PM
Celebrity Summit1:30 PM – 8 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–1 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 9,878 passenger berths across 5 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 43% 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. Tue, Aug 10Typical55th
  2. Wed, Aug 11Very Light19th
  3. Thu, Aug 12Very Busy87th
  4. Fri, Aug 13Typical43rd
  5. Sat, Aug 14Typical65th
  6. Sun, Aug 15Busy84th
  7. Mon, Aug 16Light31st

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.