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Ketchikan, Alaska

Friday, September 17, 2027

Typical
64th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
5
ships scheduled
~11,898
scheduled passenger capacity
~11,898
peak overlapping capacity
11 AM–1:15 PM
busiest scheduled window

A pretty normal cruise day for this port.

What's in port

  • Norwegian Encore

    Norwegian Cruise Line · Berth WW

    7 AM – 1:15 PM

    ~3,998 passengers

  • Crown Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 3

    7 AM – 4 PM

    ~3,080 passengers

  • Seven Seas Explorer

    Regent Seven Seas Cruises · Berth WE

    8 AM – 4 PM

    ~750 passengers

  • Westerdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 1

    11 AM – 7 PM

    ~1,964 passengers

  • Nieuw Amsterdam

    Holland America Line · Berth 2

    11 AM – 7 PM

    ~2,106 passengers

When they overlap

Norwegian Encore7 AM – 1:15 PM
Crown Princess7 AM – 4 PM
Seven Seas Explorer8 AM – 4 PM
Westerdam11 AM – 7 PM
Nieuw Amsterdam11 AM – 7 PM
Shaded window: 11 AM–1:15 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 11,898 passenger berths across 5 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 64% 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, Sep 14Busy67th
  2. Wed, Sep 15Very Light18th
  3. Thu, Sep 16Busy69th
  4. Fri, Sep 17Typical64th
  5. Sat, Sep 18Very Light0th
  6. Sun, Sep 19Very Light16th
  7. Mon, Sep 20Very Light12th

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.