New Zealand Football expect to put up the "full house" sign at Westpac Stadium by the end of the weekend.

By Thursday afternoon, more than 30,000 tickets had been sold for the first leg of the World Cup intercontinental playoff against Peru at Westpac Stadium in Wellington on November 11.

A sellout would see 38,000 fans attend the match, which would surpass the previous highest attendance for a football match in New Zealand of the 35,179 fans who watched the All Whites defeat Bahrain 1-0 at Westpac Stadium in 2009 to make the 2010 World Cup.

Tickets have been snapped up in super quick time, with 20,000 sold inside the first hour of Tuesday's "pre-sale" to fans on the New Zealand Football waitlist.

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Just how many of the remaining 8000 tickets will be available when the general public sale starts on Friday at 12pm is not known, but a decent chunk are expected to have already gone to the teams, sponsors and officials.

All that left NZF chief executive Andy Martin expecting all the tickets to be gone very soon.

"This will be the last major release of tickets [on Friday]," Martin said.

"We encourage fans to be online at midday tomorrow as we expect to be at capacity in the next few days."

Martin said it promises to be an incredible occasion for football in this country.

"This is a great result for football in New Zealand and we are very appreciative of all of the fans who have already bought tickets for 11 November," Martin said.

"We are sure it is going to be an afternoon to remember in Wellington. There is phenomenal interest in this game and it is only going to grow as we count down to kick off. We need all of New Zealand behind the All Whites."

The fixture against Peru – No 10 on the Fifa world rankings – is also believed to be the highest ranked opponent that New Zealand have played on home soil.

Meanwhile, Air New Zealand announced it would operate an extra flight between Auckland and Wellington on November 11 just for All Whites fans, using its 302-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

It departs at 8.45am in Auckland and arrives in Wellington at 9.50am, with prices starting from $149 for a seat with no checked bag.

The flight was in addition to the airline already increasing its capacity, with two one-way flights to operate between Auckland and Wellington on the Saturday and four one-way flights returning to Auckland on the Sunday using its A320 jets.

Largest Football Crowds in New Zealand Football history

35,179 All Whites v Bahrain, Westpac Stadium, 2009

33,626 All Whites v Mexico, Westpac Stadium, 2013

32,941 Wellington Phoenix vs Newcastle Jets, Westpac Stadium 2010

31,853 Wellington Phoenix v LA Galaxy, Westpac Stadium, 2007

26,106 Football United Tour, Westpac Stadium, 2014

24,360 Phoenix vs Perth Glory, Westpac Stadium 2010

21,101 All Whites v Kuwait, Mt Smart Stadium, 1981

Fifa World Cup – Intercontinental Playoff

New Zealand v Peru

Home Leg: Saturday 11 November, 2017, kick off at 4.15pm

Where: Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand

Away Leg: Wednesday 15 November, kick off at 9.15pm (Thursday 16 November 3.15pm NZT)

Where: Estadio Nacional de Lima, Peru