AFTER ATTEMPTING COMS ON THE GND CTL; AND TWR FREQS; THE PLT OF A LIGHT ACFT ASSUMED THAT THE TWR WAS CLOSED. THE PLT TAXIED TO THE RWY; AND PRIOR TO TKOF; DISCOVERED THAT THE TWR WAS NOT CLOSED.

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I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT GND CTL TWICE; AND TWR; 1 TIME AND AFTER NO ANSWER; I ASSUMED THAT THEY HAD CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT. I TAXIED TO THE RWY; (BUT NOT ON THE RWY); AND I TRIED TO CONTACT THE TWR AGAIN; THIS TIME THE CTLR ANSWERED AND HE WAS VERY UNHAPPY THAT I TAXIED WITHOUT PERMISSION; AND ACCUSED ME OF TAXIING ONTO THE RWY; WHEN I WAS NOT ON THE RWY. HE MUST HAVE BEEN ASLEEP; OR GONE TO GET COFFEE; AND WAS MAD. AFTER HE GAVE ME MY TKOF INSTRUCTIONS; HE DIDN'T SAY CLRED FOR TKOF. SO I ASKED WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT; HE SHOUTED 'CLRED FOR TKOF.' SO I TOOK OFF -- MY ASSIGNED HDG WAS 180 DEGS AFTER TKOF; BUT HE DIDN'T GIVE ME DUE TIME TO TURN; THIS MAN HAD A BAD ATTITUDE. I WAS THE ONLY ACFT MOVING ON THIS ARPT ; AND IN THE TFC PATTERN. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 298460: ALTHOUGH I WAS A PAX; MY RATING (ATP) IS HIGHER THAN THE PLT'S (COMMERCIAL). I KNOW THAT THE FAA SAYS THAT THE HIGHEST RATING IN THE AIRPLANE IS THE PIC. AS THE PLT TAXIED; I CHKED THE ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY. IT INDICATED THAT THE TWR WAS OPEN UNTIL XD00 Z. I TOLD THE PLT THAT I THOUGHT THE TWR SHOULD BE OPEN NOW. THE PLT CALLED TWR AGAIN. THE TWR REPLIED. THE CTLR STATED THAT WE WERE ON THE ACTIVE RWY. WE TOLD HIM THAT WE WERE; IN FACT; ON A BLUE LIGHTED TXWY.