The airport and the security processes weren't designed for people gaming systems for personal reasons (EYW contests, mileage running, AQS gathering etc). Airports like Nanaimo are intended to start from or arrive at; there are no AC connections there, and neither the AC route planning department nor the airport authority itself should waste a minute of concern for people who are merely stopping by to earn a badge, collect a segment or kill some time aloft. No unescorted passenger should be allowed to linger airside or bypass the arrival and re-clearing lines - that becomes problematic for many reasons and could invalidate the Airport's Operating Certificate. As mentioned above, the airport is tiny for the number of people it serves...so with that in mind, maybe don't needlessly clog the system. It makes it more expensive and unpleasant for the people actually needing to use the airport.
Unpopular opinion with some, I'm sure. But this registers somewhere near 'zero' on the sympathy meter.