It consists of an air force base with a reserve concrete runway and a glider airfield.

During the Battle of France in 1940, Malmsheim was home base to Messerschmitt Bf 110 and Junkers Ju 88 aircraft.

With the beginning of the Russian campaign in 1941, the Luftwaffe halted operations on the airfield and the site was converted into a Prisoner of war camp with POWs working on local farms.

A planned deployment of German Army Aviation was not realized, nor was the proposed construction of a civilian airport.

[2] In 1994, the automotive component manufacturer Bosch unveiled the electronic stability control (ESC) system on Malmsheim Airfield.

A Bell UH-1D (SAR command 46) of the Luftwaffe's search and rescue service has been deployed there ready for operations since 1998.

Its service area covers Baden-Württemberg and parts of Bavaria, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, which are to be reached within 45 minutes.

[8] A kite festival in early October with an international competition on the gliding center's grounds has taken place annually since 2002.