GA SMA LANDED ON A FORMER RWY NOW DESIGNATED AS A TAXIWAY DUE TO STRONG SURFACE WIND CONDITION NOT FAVORING THE RWYS.

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UPON ARRIVING AT DPA (HOME BASE); WINDS WERE 220/25 GUST 35. MY TRIP ORIGINATED FROM SAV; GA. AT DPA 180/12; WITH 3000 OVCST; V6R. CURRENT WINDS AT TIME OF WX BRIEFING WERE 260/20 GUST 32. I DETERMINED MY TRIP WOULD BE ABLE TO BE COMPLETED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: CURRENT WINDS WOULD ALLOW ME TO LAND ON RWY 28 WITHOUT EXCEEDING AIRPLANES XWIND COMPONENT. AS WINDS SHIFTED SOUTHERLY; THEY WERE FORECASTED TO DIMINISH; AFFORDING ME EITHER RWY 28 OR RWY 15. IN THE EVENT WINDS SHIFTED SOUTHERLY BUT DID NOT DIMINISH AS FORECAST; I HAD THE OPTION OF LNDG ON TAXIWAY C; WHICH WAS FORMERLY RWY 4/22 AT DUPAGE. RWY 4/22 WAS MADE INTO A TAXIWAY A FEW YRS AGO. OPERATORS AT DPA WERE ADVISED THAT TAXIWAY C WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR TKOFS OR LNDGS; BUT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR LNDGS AT PLT REQUEST WHEN WIND CONDITIONS ELIMINATED OTHER RWYS. NO LNDG CLRNC WOULD BE GIVEN OTHER THAN THE PLT BEING TOLD AFTER REQUESTING TO LAND ON TAXIWAY C THAT 'LNDG ON TAXIWAY C WOULD BE AT PLT'S OWN RISK!' YESTERDAY; AFTER OBTAINING UPDATED WIND CONDITIONS UPON ARR; I REQUESTED TO LAND ON TAXIWAY C. I WAS TOLD NO LNDG CLRNC WOULD BE GIVEN AND AN INCIDENT RPT WOULD BE FILED. I THEN MADE 2 ATTEMPTS TO LAND ON RWY 28. BOTH ATTEMPTS RESULTED IN ABORTED LNDGS DUE TO THE WIND EXCEEDING XWIND CAPABILITIES. I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUDDER CTL/AUTHORITY TO LAND ON RWY 28. AFTER MY SECOND GAR; I ADVISED THE TWR THAT I WOULD BE LNDG ON TAXIWAY C. MY LNDG ON OLD RWY 22 WAS NORMAL AND WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LNDG; I WAS TOLD TO CONTACT THE TWR SUPVR. HE ADVISED ME THAT HE WAS RECENTLY ADVISED BY FSDO OFFICE TO 'WRITE UP' ALL PLTS LNDG ON TAXIWAY C. HE WAS NOT AWARE WHAT WOULD BE THE OUTCOME OF HIS RPT. THERE WAS NO GND TFC YESTERDAY WHEN I LANDED ON TAXIWAY C. PREVIOUSLY; MANY PLTS BASED AT DPA HAVE USED TAXIWAY C AS A LAST OPTION; WHICH IT WAS YESTERDAY. I ALSO USED TAXIWAY C TO LAND IN MAY 1990 UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS WITH NO THREAT OF BEING WRITTEN UP. PLTS AT DPA WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE RECENT CHANGE TO WRITE UP PLTS USING TAXIWAY C. BOTH MY FLT INSTRUCTOR AND DESIGNATED FLT EXAMINER HAD RECOMMENDED USING TAXIWAY C UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAVE PERSONALLY DONE SO THEMSELVES.