Courtenay to Ketchikan runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €47.64, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 24h 50m over 811 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €47.64, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026
€47.64
- 202%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Courtenay
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:26First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Alaska Marine Highway runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.
Buying this trip
12Go lists departures for Courtenay to Ketchikan on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €119.14Fri18
- about €115.28Sat19
- about €82.84Sun20
- about €78.98Mon21
- about €82.29Tue22
- about €91.08Wed23
- about €80.08Thu24
- about €89.99Fri25
- about €84.49Sat26
- about €65.24Sun27
- about €76.23Mon28
- about €73.49Tue29
- about €83.93Wed30
- about €67.98Thu1
- about €61.38Fri2
- about €69.64Sat3
- about €70.18Sun4
- about €53.14Mon5
- about €53.14Tue6
- about €47.64Wed7
- about €72.93Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Ketchikan. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ketchikan for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Courtenay to Ketchikan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €56.4390 days
- €39.3960 days
- €46.5445 days
- €56.4430 days
- €72.9321 days
- €67.9814 days
- €80.087 days
- €82.843 days
- €119.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 202 percent. The most expensive point is €119.14, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Courtenay to Ketchikan and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
811 km
773 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
28,420 → 8,197
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 811 km against 773 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at West Vancouver, Campbell River, Port Alberni, Nanaimo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
Ketchikan is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Alaska Marine Highway Ketchikan Ferry Terminal
Most of the points near Alaska Marine Highway Ketchikan Ferry Terminal open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Courtenay to Ketchikan
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Courtenay to Ketchikan?
The fastest journey from Courtenay to Ketchikan takes 24h 50m door to door, of which 26h 15m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 26h 28m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Courtenay to Ketchikan?
The cheapest fare from Courtenay to Ketchikan is €47.64, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €82.29. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Courtenay to Ketchikan?
The cheapest way from Courtenay to Ketchikan is by ferry, at €47.64 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 27h 45m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Courtenay to Ketchikan?
Fares from Courtenay to Ketchikan bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €39.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 202 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Courtenay to Ketchikan?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Courtenay to Ketchikan, at €70.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Courtenay to Ketchikan?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Courtenay to Ketchikan, at €44.34 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Courtenay to Ketchikan?
No operator record names Courtenay to Ketchikan directly. Alaska Marine Highway publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Courtenay to Ketchikan?
20 percent of the services we sell from Courtenay to Ketchikan are direct. The rest connect at West Vancouver, Campbell River, Port Alberni, Nanaimo, with about 51 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Courtenay to Ketchikan use?
Services from Courtenay to Ketchikan by ferry leave from Comox (Little River) and arrive at Alaska Marine Highway Ketchikan Ferry Terminal. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Courtenay to Ketchikan?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Courtenay to Ketchikan allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Courtenay to Ketchikan on September 17, 2026: 811 km of route against 773 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.64, and 24h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Ketchikan a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Ketchikan and across United States
Day trips that leave Ketchikan in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Courtenay reaches 11 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 3,673 km. Ketchikan reaches 8 places in 2 countries, from 370 to 1,073 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Courtenay
- 11Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Ketchikan
Leaving Ketchikan
- 8Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators