Editing Sunshine Airport

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

|map=<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Sunshine Airport Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Sunshine Airport Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>

'''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"/> 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.

At the finish, a departure board can be seen on the right, including names of various other tracks. Posters of [[Water Park]], [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]], and [[Sweet Sweet Canyon]] can also be seen.

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

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

**''"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 signboard 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."''

*Some of the crates on the [[Conveyor Belt]]s have panels that resemble [[? Block]]s, [[Empty Block]]s, and [[Brick Block]]s.

*'''''Nintendo Magazine 2022 Summer''''': "''The course takes place at the airport on "Isle Delfino", a tropical paradise. Under the sunny summer skies, you can enjoy a refreshing race making full use of the Spin Turbo. Towards the end of the course, you might just race past a massive airplane.''"<ref name="Magazine">[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/software/feature/magazine_2022summer/index_en.html Nintendo Magazine 2022 Summer (Digital English edition)], page 18. ''nintendo.co.jp.'' Retrieved August 16, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220729082352/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/software/feature/magazine_2022summer/index_en.html Archived] July 29, 2022, 08:23:52 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>

 

Sunshine Airport MK8 runway.png|Characters taking off from a [[Glide Ramp]], as a jetliner takes off above them

Sunshine Airport MK8 Luigi.png|[[Luigi]] gliding on Sunshine Airport

Sunshine Airport First Jump.png|[[Mario]] [[jump]]ing out of the airport terminal and onto the airport apron

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

Sunshine Airport Gliding.png|Mario glides off of the final gliding point in the course. The Koopa Troopa rock formations can be seen in the background

Plane stamp MK8.png|The [[List of Mario Kart 8 stamps|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course

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|Fre=Aéroport Azur

|FreM=Azure Airport