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11 sources · demo date — · Day 1 Dec 7, 2026 · database

Sources

Source	URL or file	Used for	Retrieved	Data
AMHS Sailing Calendar (OARS), All Ports, All Vessels, November 2026 to April 2027	https://www.dot.alaska.gov/oars/reservations/CalendarFM.amhsf	872 sailings and 4,693 arrival and departure events: every sailing, port call and time in the app	Nov 9, 2026	Real public data
AMHS Colored Schedule Grids (OARS), eight schedules by month	https://www.dot.alaska.gov/oars/reservations/Schedules.amhsf	Cross-check of sailing ids and route order against the calendar	Nov 9, 2026	Real public data
AMHS schedule key to abbreviations	https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/doc/key_abbreviations.pdf	Port codes, regions and vessel codes	Nov 9, 2026	Real public data
AMHS fleet pages (nine vessels) and fleet overview	https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/fleet.shtml	Vessel length, year built, passenger capacity, vehicle linear feet, cabins by berth, vessel class	Nov 9, 2026	Real public data
AMHS service notices	https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/service_notices.shtml	The November 9 M/V Columbia update and the November 5 Skagway cancellation, as published; vessel status notes	Nov 9, 2026	Real public data
Winter 2026/2027 schedule press release (August 5, 2026)	https://dot.alaska.gov/comm/pressbox/arch2026/PR26-0022.shtml	Season dates, reservations phone and hours, terminal direct lines, fleet summary	Nov 9, 2026	Real public data
AMHS fares page	https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/fares.shtml	Booking cutoff (4 hours at terminals, 15 minutes at unmanned ports) and change fees ($20, $50, $100). The page publishes no fare table	Nov 9, 2026	Real public data
Annual Traffic Volume Report 2025	https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/doc/ATVR/atvr_2025.pdf	184,649 passengers and 65,851 vehicles in 2025; traffic by port and region; fleet narrative (Kennicott re-power, Matanuska removal, Tustumena replacement, Tazlina crew quarters)	Nov 9, 2026	Real public data
AMHS communities page	https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/communities.shtml	35 communities by region	Nov 9, 2026	Real public data
bookamhs.alaska.gov sailing search	https://bookamhs.alaska.gov/book/sailing-search/journeySearch/	Not read. The reservation system of record; its fares and inventory are not in this prototype	Nov 9, 2026	Synthetic cases
Fares, inventory, bookings, passengers, waitlist, users, audit	src/lib/db/seed/generate.ts	Every fare amount (generated from scheduled sailing time), every booking and traveler, the draft and delay notices	Nov 9, 2026	Synthetic cases

Real

Every sailing, port call, arrival and departure time in the winter 2026–2027 schedule (November 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027), as published in the AMHS Sailing Calendar.
Port names, codes and regions; terminal direct lines.
Vessel names, length, year built, passenger and vehicle capacity, cabins, and the status narrative from the service notices and the 2025 traffic report.
The November 9, 2026 M/V Columbia notice and the November 5, 2026 Skagway cancellation.
Reservations hours and phone numbers; the booking cutoff and change-fee policy.
2025 passengers and vehicles by port and region.

Synthetic

Every fare: adult fare is $20 plus $6 per scheduled hour; child and senior fares are half; vehicle and cabin fares are multiples of the adult fare.
Every booking, traveler name, phone number, payment reference and waitlist entry.
Seats and vehicle feet remaining, which follow from the synthetic bookings.
The Tustumena delay notice for November 12 and the draft wind-advisory notice for November 13.
Users and the audit trail.

System of record

Reservations: bookamhs.alaska.gov (launched January 2025) holds inventory, fares and bookings. This prototype reads the published schedule and keeps its own synthetic bookings.
Modernization: The Federal Transit Administration released $4 million in August 2026 for AMHS customer service and operations modernization, including reservations.
Scope: Phase one publishes a machine-readable schedule (/api/public/schedule) and runs search on it. Phase two reads availability and writes bookings through the reservation system's interface once AMHS and its vendor agree, with payment on the State's processor.
Schedule changes: A published notice or a revised sailing marks the bookings it touches and notifies the lead traveler. The reservation system keeps the booking record.