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Ketchikan, Alaska

Tuesday, September 28, 2027

Light
25th percentile
for Ketchikan cruise days
2
ships scheduled
~7,380
scheduled passenger capacity
~7,380
peak overlapping capacity
9 AM–3 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

  • Emerald Princess

    Princess Cruises · Berth 2

    9 AM – 6 PM

    ~3,080 passengers

When they overlap

Star Princess6:30 AM – 3 PM
Emerald Princess9 AM – 6 PM
Shaded window: 9 AM–3 PM, when scheduled capacity peaks at 7,380 passenger berths across 2 ships.

How unusual is this?

Busier than 25% 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, Sep 25No ships
  2. Sun, Sep 26Very Light7th
  3. Mon, Sep 27No ships
  4. Tue, Sep 28Light25th
  5. Wed, Sep 29No ships
  6. Thu, Sep 30Busy69th
  7. Fri, Oct 1Very Light9th

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.