Editing Sunshine Airport

|image=[[File:MK8-Course-SunshineAirport.jpg|300px]]

|based_on=[[Isle Delfino]]

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|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])

|sample=Atsuko Asahi<br>[[File:MK8-Music-SunshineAirport.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU SunshineAirport Frontrunning.oga]]

'''Sunshine Airport''' is the first course of the [[Star Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' and is the first airport course in the ''Mario Kart'' series. It takes place in an airport on [[Isle Delfino]].<ref name="Magazine"/>{{dead link}} Airplanes can be seen parked and taking off. Sunshine Airport is themed and named after ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. [[Shine Sprite]]s are visible throughout the course. The course physics are altered in 200cc, with the ramps with [[Dash Panel]]s propelling racers at a shorter distance. The aircraft standing around the airfield are based on a variety of different aircraft, ranging from the {{wp|Boeing 737}} to {{wp|Boeing 747|747}}, to {{wp|Boeing 777|777}} or even {{wp|Boeing 787 Dreamliner|787}} jets, alongside {{wp|Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320}}, {{wp|Airbus A330|A330}} and other aircraft.

The course begins in the terminal. After a hairpin turn, players will exit the terminal by taking a jump onto the apron. After this, there is a small jump over a [[conveyor belt]], after which the track proceeds under a plane. Once passing under it, a ramp leads to a raised track which then turns left. The track then splits into two alternate paths; one where a jump can be taken onto the wing of another plane, proceed through it and come out on the other wing, or one where the jump is not taken, leading the player to drive under the plane. Shortly after, players will take a left turn, and then hit some [[Dash Panel]]s leading to a [[Glide Ramp]], where a plane flies over the lead racer. This plane changes every lap. The gilding section travels up into an anti-gravity platform suspended in the air, which loops around a three-quarter turn. Several [[Spin Boost Pillar]]s are present here. Afterwards, racers hit a Glide Ramp and enter another gliding section. Players descend, land on a helicopter pad outside the terminal, then turn left and re-enter the terminal. There is one last right turn to the finish line.

==Shortcuts==

*Under the second plane, there is a large patch of grass to the right that serves as an offroad shortcut.

*The player can cut off the left turn before the first gliding section by using a speed item and jumping off a small ramp situated in the water.

*The left turn into the terminal can be cut off if the player boosts through the grass.

*The player can drive through an area with conveyor belts carrying luggage crates, cutting off the final turn. The crates may contain [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]]s, [[Green Shell]]s, or [[Banana]]s.

==References to the ''Super Mario'' franchise==

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Boomerang Bros. International Airlines|Boomerang Bros. International Airlines]] (Planes, posters, trackside banners, departures boards)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Galaxy Air|Galaxy Air]] (Planes, posters, images on screens, departures boards, trackside banners)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2#Mario Motors|Mario Motors]] (Stickers)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mushroom Piston|Mushroom Piston]] (Stickers)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Paratroopa Airlines|Paratroopa Airlines]] (Posters, departures boards)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Peach & Daisy Royal Patisserie|Peach & Daisy Royal Patisserie]] (Stickers, trackside banners)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Princess Orange|Princess Orange]] (Trackside banners, stickers)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Propeller Toad Transport|Propeller Toad Transport]] (Crates, planes, departures boards, trackside banners)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Red Shell Strike Equipment|Red Shell Strike Equipment]] (Stickers)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Super Marine World|Super Marine World]] (Trackside banners)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Waluigi Sea Bed|Waluigi Sea Bed]] (Stickers)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Wild Yoshi Sanctuary|Wild Yoshi Sanctuary]] (Stickers)

===''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes===

|Fre=Aéroport Azur

|FreM=Azure Airport