Cessna 180 Skywagon
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40; Flight Crew Total 11000; Flight Crew Type 187
Other / Unknown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General None Reported / Taken
Weather; Airport
Due to strong and gusting wind; [I] departed from the taxiway instead of the crosswind runway. Runway 16/34 was closed and the taxiway was into the wind. The wind was approx 15-21 KTS out of 180. The crosswind runway is 24/6. I taxied approximately 1;000 FT down the taxiway; stated my intentions on Unicom; checked for traffic and obstacles and then departed with no problems. The only other traffic at the airport was on the ramp 1;800 FT behind me; starting up his plane.
The pilot of a C180 elected to depart from the taxiway rather than a crosswind runway since the runway aligned with the prevailing wind was closed.