Editing Sunshine Airport

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|image=[[File:MK8-Course-SunshineAirport.jpg|270px]]

|appearances=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2014|2014]]) <br> ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])

|based=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''

|ghost=2:24.429 by Nin★Leonel (MK8) (as [[Rosalina]])

|wifi=Available ([[Wii U]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])

|music=[[File:MK8-Music-SunshineAirport.ogg]]

|map=[[File:MK8 Sunshine Airport Map.png|200px]]

'''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 an island. 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 boost panels propelling players at a shorter distance.

[[File:MK8-Course-SunshineAirport-startingline.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line.]]

The course begins in the terminal. After a hairpin turn, players will exit the terminal by taking a jump onto the Tarmac. After this, there is a small jump over a conveyor belt, after which the track proceeds under a 747. Once passing under the 747, 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 a plane, proceed through it and come out on the other wing, or one where the jump is not taken so the player drives under the plane. Shortly after, players will take a left turn, and then hit some boost panels leading to a gliding section, 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, into to 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.

At the finish, on the right a board can be seen, including names of other tracks, being among others [[Dry Dry Desert]] and [[Sweet Sweet Canyon]]. On the screens around the inside of the airport, a list of departures to other courses, such as [[Shy Guy Falls]] and [[Thwomp Ruins]], can be seen. Posters of [[Water Park]] can also be seen.

When under a plane, sounds in the game get quieter.

===Shortcuts===

*One can cut off the left turn before the first gliding section if one uses a speed boosting item in the correct place.

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

*One can drive through an area with conveyors carrying luggage cutting off the final turn. The crates may contain [[Mushroom]]s.

==References to the ''Mario'' series==

*At one point a couple of the Koopa rock formations from [[Koopa Troopa Beach]] in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' can be seen in the background.

*There are some storage crates in Sunshine Airport with the serial number "55402MS". This serial number is a possible reference to the European release date for ''Super Mario Sunshine'' (October 4th, 2002; MS, possibly standing for "Mario Sunshine.")<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU7tXqYplA8]</ref>

*There is an intercom in the airport which makes references to [[Birdo]], [[Sweet Sweet Canyon]], and [[Dolphin Shoals]]. The following lines, alluding to the said elements, can be heard within the station:

** "This is the final boarding call for Boomerang Bros. International Airline, Flight 117a to [[Sweet Sweet Canyon]], departing from Gate 3."

***This is inconsistent with the board before the finish line, which says flight "Sweet Sweet Canyon BBIA 4300."

** "Passengers departing on Galaxy Airlines, Flight 2580, bound for [[Dolphin Shoals]], should proceed to customs and immigration at this time."

** "Paging Galaxy Airlines, Flight 2218, passenger Ms. [[Birdo]], please proceed to the information counter on Floor 2."

*[[Boomerang Bro]]s. International Airlines/BBIA (Plane, poster, trackside banners)

*Dream [[Glider]]s (Trackside banners)

*[[Galaxy]] Air/GXA (Plane, posters, poster and image on screen featuring [[Toad]] in front of an image of [[Dry Dry Desert|<small>GCN</small> Dry Dry Desert]], which reads "Mysterious Sands. Dry Dry Desert", poster and image on screen featuring [[Princess Peach]] in front of an image of [[Sweet Sweet Canyon]], which reads "The Sweetest Memories! 'Sweet Sweet Canyon", trackside banners)

*[[Mario Kart TV]]/MKTV (Van)

*[[Mario]] Motors (Sticker on suitcase)

*[[Mushroom]] Piston (Sticker on suitcase)

*[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]] Airlines/PAL (Posters)

*[[Princess Peach|Peach]] & [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] Royal Patisserie (Sticker on suitcase)

*Princess Orange (Trackside banners)

*[[Propeller Mario|Propeller Toad]] Transport/PTT (Crates, plane, [[Toad (species)|Toads]], trackside banners)

*[[Red Shell]] Strike Equipment (Sticker on suitcase)

*[[Star Cup]] (Banners, ramp, trackside banners)

*[[Toad Harbor]] (Sticker on suitcase)

*[[Waluigi]] Sea Bed (Sticker on suitcase)

*[[Water Park]] (Screens)

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MK8 - Sunshine Airport.jpg|A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the track.

MK8- Sunshine Airport.PNG|The track's icon.

MarioKart8AirportRunway.jpg|Characters taking off for a gliding section, as a jetliner takes off above them.

MarioKart8LuigiShineAirport.jpg|[[Luigi]], gliding on Sunshine Airport.

Sunshine Airport First.png|The starting line.

Sunshine Airport First Jump.png|[[Mario]], out of the airport.

Sunshine Airport Two Ways.png|Mario, on the [[Propeller Mario|Propeller Toad]] Transport airplane.

Sunshine Airport AntiGravity.png|Mario, [[Spin Boost|spin boosting]] on the anti-gravity portion of the track.

Sunshine Airport Gliding.png|Mario, gliding off of the final gliding point in the course. The Koopa Troopa rock forms from Koopa Troopa Beach can be seen in the background.

Rosalina-SunshineAirport-MK8.jpg|[[Rosalina]], on the anti-gravity section.

Plane stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course.

{{Foreignname

|Fra=Aéroport Azur

|FraM=Azure Airport

|RusM=Sunny Airport}}

*The jetliners that are all around the airport resemble the [[wikipedia: Boeing 737|Boeing 737]], [[wikipedia: Boeing 747|Boeing 747]], and [[wikipedia: Boeing 777|Boeing 777]] series of aircraft.

*A [[Mario Kart TV]] broadcasting van can be seen on the right hand side approaching the conveyor belt on the runway. It follows the nearest player's movement.

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